GI Assembled PPK's

Typically, a GI assembled gun from the Walther factory could only be a PP or a P.38. These were known to be laying around in parts bins which the GI's then put together as souvenirs. However, today we show you some very rare PPK's that were likely put together by the GI's from parts in 1945.
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[@wes11bravo]

In the 80s at gun shows around Pittsburgh, it wasn't unheard of to find M1911A1s with no markings, lunchbox pistols that came out of Union Switch and Signal. I love the stories these pistols tell.

[@ThePerfectRed]

You know a manufacturer is legend when a gun is called cool because it actually lacks the maker's banner.

[@LS1007]

The slide has the banner.

[@LS1007]

Thanks Tom. Merry Christmas!🎄🙏🏼

[@tenlittleindians]

Chrome does stick to aluminum. I had many aluminum parts of my 1963 Harley chrome plated in the early 70's and it's still on there today.

[@lynnmcmullen3157]

Your knowledge of pp,s is legendary js.. respect

[@DarrellBeckford]

Best wishes to Tom and all at Legacy Collectibles for Christmas and the New Year!🎅🏻🤶🏻

[@AdamosDad]

I always love a quicky.

[@g54b95]

I always learn something from you, Tom. Merry Christmas!

[@Thefutureooksbight]

I used to make really fine looking medical instruments and I would have bins of parts that couldn’t go into a instrument that was gonna be used and sold, but they were still functional parts. They might have cosmetic things maybe a little bit of tolerance, but you could make an instrument work and I would build instruments with these parts And we would put it up in the conference room in the display cases for customers to look at to handle demonstrate which give some to our sales guys, I took a couple from my own collection. That’s what these guns may be too for factory workers engineers.

[@MartinVeneroso]

At the risk of asking a silly question, is there any chance that those "bannerless" grips are actually reproductions/replacements, and not factory grips at all?

[@thomaswhiteman4261]

Certainly possible, but if you wanted to fake something you would certainly want to have the Logo on the grip. I can't explain it.

[@Aron-79]

Respect ✊🏻

[@garyzanghi9272]

So sad that most likely any of first hand knowledge is lost forever

[@dlife7427]

A 3rd video on them. Wow

[@jeremiahschumann]

I have a mismatched pp do you try to match them ?

[@joshuagibson2520]

Okay. This is the 3rd time uploading this video. Now we need a backstory. Are they censoring you? (My first guess).

[@jamesblack4072]

I got 2