Walther P38 / P1 9mm Pistol Review

Fun Gun Reviews Presents: Walther P38 / P1 9mm Pistol Review. Taking the tried and true Walther design and looking at the history and shoot-a-bility of this classic firearm. Imported by Century Arms.
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[@deanwolstenholme6991]

My dad used to have one. Great gun. In South Africa, the SAPS used it when they first moved from the .38 revolvers. Even with better and more updated firearms going into circulation, it has always been one of dads favs.

[@TheChelcam]

You should get one. They are really cheap in sa broe

[@ItisOKtobewhite]

Started at JHB flying squad with te P38 . Great gun, but 8 round magazine was a problem.

[@korybleu3491]

Way better looking than most modern pistols.

[@korybleu3491]

+Jeff Windle That would look awesome, but decrease the effective range.

[@alexmoore1506]

+Jeff Windle didn't they make a K model that was just that?

[@sockchanger]

+Alex Moore There is such model, search Walther P38 gestapo model.

[@grahambird3112]

kory bleu Dynanic looking and very simple !

[@john-plumber-y9y]

But not netter shooting :-(

[@grahambird3112]

Had one for 25 years ~ Beautiful, smooth and completely reliable !

[@natural-born_pilot]

Always been my favorite pistol. I love its looks and it’s double action. I have a nice post war Wahlters made in Germany 9/66. Picked mine up in 1971 in a pawn shop for $100 on a layaway plan over 2 mos. I’ve carried it concealed for years and still shoot it. It’s accurate and easy to field strip and clean. It shoots RX HP’s without problem.

[@greyknight05]

Hi there, all post-war civil pistols were marked P38, all Army or Police pistols were marked P 01. They are +P rated, german Army always shot +P ammo as it was similar to the Uzi machinepistol-ammo. But +P is a bad idea if you have no steel crossbolt in your aluminum grip, results in heavy wear by the locking block :-( Best regards, Björn from Germany, P38-owner;-)

[@iatelegos1675]

I think you got it mixed up, P38 is ww2 and p01 is post war.

[@greyknight05]

Nope, the civil post-WW2 variant stayed designates as P38, the police- and army-version was designated as P1. I know that for sure, as I'm serving in the army, being schooled at the old P1 and I own a 1998 Walther P38 as a sportshooter😊👍🏼

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

​@@iatelegos1675My father has one made post war marked P-38 as well. Military used designation of P-1. Kind of like army called the Beretta 92SF the M9.

[@marcusmcintire6683]

I own the P01 with a manufacturers date 1977. It came with a holster and 2 magazines marked P38. The bluing is 90% plus. Great pistol and accurate.

[@duartesimoes508]

I carried an identical one when serving in the Portuguese Army in the eighties. It sure felt good to pack it when you were alone on guard duty in the middle of the night. I'm lucky to own a P-38 nowadays, but it is - has to be - 22LR. Mine was manufactured in 1974. I absolutely love this pistol! Presently, both the Portuguese Armed Forces and National Republican Guard have changed their P-38s and Hi-Powers for the Glock 17 and 19. I always wondered where all these thousands of P-38s went...

[@001alien.]

Oh my god, how beautiful this pistol is, it is truly one of the most beautiful pistols I have ever seen

[@charleslarson3152]

One of the best pistols ever made. If you can find one in good condition you will bring home a work of art.

[@roberthawthorne6515]

Charles Larson , I have a close friend that wants to sell me his P38 Documented with papers WWII officers pistol with original holster.. not sure what’s it worth..

[@Noname-mb6xw]

Все по немецки четко подогноно, щелк, щелк и автомат Хуго Шмайсер изобрел и не надо ляля, до войны советы на клячах ездили, а после все присвоили на халяву, кулибины ,мать вашу

[@peterguns]

Any opinion about post war version made by French Maruhin ?

[@borisdrivo7156]

​@@Noname-mb6xwчто они присвоили, чудик?

[@Gieszkanne]

The US Army was so impressed that after WW2 they also wanted a 9mm DA/SA. S&W developed the 39 for them but then for any reasons the stay with the 1911 untill 1985.

[@boarli]

Nice video and well explained. The P1 was some years my service pistol. During my helicopter time I had the Walther PPK as service pistol in my shoulder holster. The PPK was only available at the Luftwaffe. Army air crews had the P1 as sidearm. And at the end I had the HK P8. Now I still have privately a P1 with wooden grips. By the way ULM is a very nice old town at the river Donau. Therefore ULM/Do. ;) Ulm has a long tradition for weapon manufacturers. Besides WALTHER also KRIEGHOFF and ANSCHUETZ.

[@josefstrauss9017]

boarli Danke für deinen Dienst! Deutsche Soldaten bekommen viel zu wenig Würdigung für das was sie machen. LG 👏🏼

[@nancybarnes29]

@@josefstrauss9017 greetings from r.g.wachendorf, farmer, usa wish i could visit ulm, good luck getting through present troubles, i collect j.p.sauer shot guns 1900-1933, carried p-38 no. 2703-p byf as young man, god bless

[@josefstrauss9017]

@@nancybarnes29 god bless you sir

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

The USP is a great and great looking gun, I have one myself a 9mm compact

[@willieckaslike]

Although described by an American assessor as a "sheet metal & wire spring wonder" the P38 proved to be one of the most reliable handguns of WW2. Especially on the 'Eastern Front' where climatic conditions showed many weapons as 'not fit for the purpose'! It's relatively simple design made it much cheaper than it's predecessor, (the very complex P08 Parabellum aka Luger) and far more reliable in those terrible conditions. The fact that it is (albeit in modified form) still in production, speaks for itself !

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

The Luger 08 was very reliable in the muddy trenches of WW1. Check out the InRange mud test of it and compared it to the Glock one! I know which gun I'd rather have in muddy conditions...

[@si_vis_pacempara_bellum4906]

I wish Walther can put a remade version of it. Keep everything the same. I'm not a collector, I buy guns to shoot. And I don't wanna destroy a piece of history.. I wanna a new one, and shoot it until it dies..

[@Gieszkanne]

The P1 were build untill 2004, so they are not realy a piece of history. The version of sootch is also just thrown together of differnt guns!

[@Uwe040]

In Germany you can get them for 200€ bucks, meaning there are enough of them for you to abuse one ;)

[@thomasboss4046]

@@Uwe040 no you can't

[@Uwe040]

Heinrich Himmler Yes you can. However you would need to go through the official procedures, which increases the price again.

[@oolooo]

Which is why people should put me far away from antique firearms .I want a SA Gasser revolver in Smokeless Powder , a Sharps rifle with only one trigger and more .I would probably destroy them .But I want them ..... but I want them preserved perfectly .

[@alpine9996]

My favorite pistol, ever since Napoleon Solo carries one in “The Man From Uncle” when I was a young boy.

[@Ed-ig7fj]

Great video, great gun. One real advantage to the P-38/P-1 is the ease of racking the slide. The springs are not super stiff, and the safety lever gives you an "ear" to hook your left index finger over for additional grip. My hands are not as strong as they were, and this definitely helps. Berettas have a similar safety location on their M-9 and the PX-4's. All are great.

[@LightningZetton]

DIE AUTOBOTS! ~ Megatron 1986

[@anvior45]

I love the looks of this gun! When i was a kid i had a P-38 toy gun: And when i grew up i finally got a real one. One thing that always puzzles me however is.. Well the Browning Hi-Power was so ahead of the curve. 1935, and 13 or 15 shot magazines+1. So the standard configuration 14 shots of 9mm. In 1935..... I know it was adapted and used to some extent by Aliies, and Axis. But for me the High Power seems almost anachronistic.

[@yuribartieniev8364]

The Soviet military counter intelligence department aka SMERSH during WW2 loved Walther P38. They loved it because of the double action. They also loved Tokarev pistol for their power, also they loved the Nagant 1895 for it's reliability. You can check out the book called "The Moment of Truth" by Bogomolov. The book is about the SMERSH. The setting takes place in August 1944 and it narrates about the work of the small counterintelligence unit, trying to capture the spies. Great video. Long live the Republic. Amen.

[@Michelle_1805]

Thank you very much for your video. As a woman I chose german Walther P1 as my personal handgun Nr. 1. After comparing it with another actual modern pistols, this was the best option for me even though there are many other great and accurate pistols with lots of advantages in the market.

[@Mrgunsngear]

The P38s really are some sweet shooters!

[@frenchfan3368]

The P38 and P1 are two different pistols. Yes, they are very similar but the P1 should not be referred to as a "P38."

P01, not P1

[@thomasbleming678]

Mrgunsngear Channel I own a original P38 pistol. It was manufactured in 1943 and it is in very good condition.

[@stefanfreestylez]

@@thomasbleming678 dam thats cool. My gramps had one for a long time. Got rid of it a while back sadly :^/ i wouldnt have minded takin it off his hands :D ahah

[@slojogojo2766]

john brandenburg And German tanks were prone to breakdowns and were over engineered!

[@NewsNowHouston]

Beretta 92 series is modified copy of the Walther.Its no secret.

[@AZ70s]

true ,same system

[@nindger4270]

Yep the falling block system is the same, although the open slide design (mentioned around 9:00) in the P38 and the Beretta are completely unrelated. The Berettas already had that back in 1915. In the development of the P38 the forward bridge above the barrel wasn't there initially, it was added because the barrels kept jumping off their guide rails in the frame in early development.

[@مظفرالمسعودي-ك1ر]

News Now Houston كم سعره رجاء

[@pedrotome9119]

Yes!! You're RIGHT!!

[@neutronalchemist3241]

Only the locking block is similar. A bit too little to talk of "modified copy".

[@tiredlawdog]

I really like your presentations, no laughing and giggling like I've seen on other sites. Just the facts, and some shooting.

[@davidgeyer1929]

Great video, as usual. One minor correction, however. You said that the rear sight is driftable for windage. It is not. If you look closely, you will see that the rear sight is in a square slot, not a dovetail. In detail striping the slide, when you remove the dust cover (usually the first step), the rear sight pops off and you can see that it is locked to the firing pin retaining pin. Trying to drift it would surely damage something. If you want to correct windage, you drift the front sight. Other than that, spot on!

[@billpohlman803]

Sootch--Excellent history lesson on this pistol! For info, the German military demanded an open barrel design based on their experiences in the ww1 trenches with the luger.

[@sandman1242]

There was 2 Luger P08 that was made for the 45 ACP cartridge. one was destroyed in military testing and the other is out there somewhere, it would be priceless!!!!

[@jackdaniel.2546]

I have a P1 made in 82. My first pistol. $300.00 years in perfect shape. Great shooter great design.

[@mrnickbig1]

I always thought it was ironic that the rest of the world adopted Browning based designs, while the U.S. got rid of the 1911 and adopted a modified Walther P-38.

The P38 design is superior to the Browning design because the barrel does not tilt.

[@231mac]

Yeah, I dunno about that. Beretta had the open slide design WAY before Walther and have you seen the Glisenti Model 1910? Gee, I wonder where Walther might have gotten some design cues from. Hmmmm....

[@dannysees]

@@231mac It's about the action, not the open slide. DA/SA with decocker and the locking block were copied, even the grip shape...all put into the 92. Slimmer, longer slide and a double stack mag were the main Beretta advancements.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

The rest of the world adopted browning based designs? The only browning designed FN pistol that was largely adopted was the Hi power, and that's been decades ago, all militaries now use either Glock, Sig, or some domestic design or soviet era design in case of Eastern European countries. Poland with viz radom and Czech republic with CZ

[@mrnickbig1]

@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess , are you really this ignorant? The Glocks, most Sigs, Radoms, Tokarevs, et cetera, use the Browning tilting barrel lockup! The only difference is that some use the Peters modified design where the barrel locks into an oversized ejection port, instead of using ribs.

[@TheWabbitSeason]

Megatron looks pretty sweet in his 80s design.

[@RabbitusMaximus]

Good video but one comment that could cause Someone to ruin their gun. Rear sight is NOT drift adjustable. It sits in a recess, not a dovetail. ALL adjustments are via front sight. Removing top cover will show you this in a detail strip. Don’t try drifting the rear...you’ll just break the pistol.

[@kai_thamm]

Oh jes my old grandpa has brought one from the war. Greetings from south germany

[@anderss6818]

The P38 was a great pistol, but the Beretta 1915 had a similar open slide and the Mauser C96 had a tilting block that functioned in a similar way to the block on the P38.

[@gate01965]

This gun was used by the main promoter in Japanese animation. Its name is Lupine III.

[@Mr2schus]

I have a P38 that my dad picked up in WWII. He picked it up in a German factory as they swept the area. The gun was still on the platform being produced. I was never shot since it wasn't completed. Since then I found the missing part, a spring, and was able to fire a couple of rounds. It works fine today.

[@jmyersv1]

Id kind of like to see a remade p38, double stack, and improved

[@cattledog901]

yeah its called the beretta m9

[@jmyersv1]

+THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS pretty much except the barrel is a bit longer.

[@ScuffedEngineer]

+Josh Myers The barrel is the same length...

[@jmyersv1]

Shadow I'll be damned.

[@werre2]

M9 does one thing worse then P.38, the locking block is visible from above when slide is in battery. In Walther it's completely covered.

[@SkinnyMedic]

Now that is a cool pistol!

[@richz650]

Why do they call you "skinny" medic?

[@SkinnyMedic]

Have you watched my videos? ;-) I am not on the heavy side.

[@sootch00]

+SkinnyMedic Wait til you hit 40! Lol!

[@gewamser]

I have a very rare Walther P4 Manurhin. It was the last German contract gun for a P38 type pistol ever completed. About 500 were made and about 250 were imported here. 10,000 P4' s were made in Germany at Ulm, but only 500 in France. This is significant because the P4M was quite different than the German model. The P4M has a polished deep blue slide, a bobbed hammer, a hammer drop safety only, heavier slide and heavier alloy frame, no loaded chamber indicator, a SOLID slide with no dust cover, 4" bbl...different sights, different proof marks. Shoots beautiful...and the P5 is close. Wish I could send a picture.

[@Desperado3248]

George Wamser I have one of the German P4 pistols. Nice

[@fonzieskatesurf]

I had Megatron for Xmas in the 80s, awesome Walter p-38 gun. Decepticons seemed more cooler than Autobots

[@artsmakesmusic7990]

All Hail Starscream!

[@ronnalscammahorn8002]

the WW2 P38 V rear and narrow blade front sight i owned was deadly accurate ..

[@Geomanb]

This was my standard issue, then I got the Hk USP aka P8, which I liked much more. But of course the P38 is / was solid gun.

[@cultofmalgus1310]

A lot of people will tell you the 9mm fmj is a junk round. I agree that it is nowhere near optimal but it was a Walther P38 loaded with 9mm that saved my grandfather as he escaped with one from captivity as a POW. He took out 3 axis soldiers with this firearm as he fought his way out of an attempted capture.

[@maxshby8136]

NERD IT UP did he win any medals?

[@cultofmalgus1310]

maxy waxy not sure since he was fighting for Italy and not the Allies.

[@maxshby8136]

NERD IT UP for the revoluction

[@mutschel1]

bull..........

[@lib556]

I bought mine in the late 80s in Germany from a fellow soldier. It's a P1 just like the one shown only the original Walther slide had cracked and was replaced by a Manurin one. I had exactly the same issue with the lower groups and manually filled the front sight down. Shoots nicely now.

[@borisveenstra1028]

This is the best video of the P38 on KZbin ! Thanks for making it.

[@shanelen]

it really is a gorgeous piece and the quality and craftsmanship is very apparent

[@epramos6800]

Great SHTF pistol. I bought two of them five years ago and they were brand new old stock from WWII captured by the old USSR and sold in US.

[@StanwoodSpartans]

E P Ramos how the hell did you find those?

About 15 years ago there was an importer that would bring dozens of the "gray ghost" P38s to the Dallas area gun shows. I should have bought one then ...... The gray ghost was made late in the war and was so named because the frames were plated / treated with zinc rather than blued. The barrel was still blued.

[@manfredrichthofen2494]

In a news at U-TUBE last January 2019, the Russian Government have decided to melt the German weapons they have captured at The Siege of Stalingrad in1944! Lugers,Walthers, FG-42s..MP-40s..STg-44s..etc, ALL! The melted weapons will be made into steps for a Cathedral!!!

[@joseziami7461]

Me encanta esta P 38 walther, de lo mejor en calibre 9mm!!!

[@marcorossetti636]

P38 VERY VERY OK

[@jerepotts2674]

Sweet. ..good review...its cool how the two recoil springs are on the sides like that...

[@Kysushanz]

Had two P38/P1 pistols, sold one and kept the other; fantastic to shoot; natural pointing pistol.

[@youngchu6504]

Perfect Design & Function!

[@larskunoandersen282]

Don. you are a professional historian. i am a big fan.

[@davebuck2494]

About 10 years ago the Germans were selling brand new 1970s production P01s, in vacuum sealed original bags. I managed to get one, a 1978 made one, and loved it. It wasn't that long ago tgat Walther dropped them from their catalogue.

[@seraphimprince]

I'm here because of Man from U.N.C.L.E and Transformers G1 Megatron. Sorry. Lol. G1 Megatron was based on the Takara figure, which was based on the pistol from the Man from U.N.C.L.E. That being said, I like the pistol. The double-actiom and safety are what I am used to, as I own a PX4 and fired 92 pistols while in the military.

[@GrOuNdZeRo7777]

I bought my wife a post war P38 for her birthday, Luck had it we found a VERY reasonably priced post war P38, What makes it more interesting was the fact it is actually most definitely a veteran bring back since it had no import markings whatsoever! From the research I did I found out it was a pre-P1 manufacture but it did come with the post-war aluminum slide...It had some heavy wear so it was either carried a lot or perhaps it was taken from Germany (were the soldier was likely stationed) to Vietnam where the soldier carried it as his personal backup firearm (I can dream) Either way a really cool piece of history and a prized possession of my wife who loves WW2 era firearms especially Nazi firearms...

[@GrOuNdZeRo7777]

Paula Mayo I meant frame, My bad...

[@jmfa57]

I managed to get one exactly like this back in the late 1980s, a German police trade-in, complete with nice box, manual in English, holster and extra magazine for $199. Mine shoots way low also, so like you, I filed down the front site. One day at the range it flew apart; the extractor and a tiny spring flew off the gun. I was fortunate enough to recover all the pieces and reassemble, haven't shot it much since. My late dad was a WWII vet who had a chance to buy a captured P38 from a buddy for $15, but didn't, a choice he regretted all his life. I enjoyed letting him shoot mine.

[@ScottfromNP]

Lovely looking classic gun, I have one same as yours but mine is X military, a Walther made 3/60 example. I also have a mint BYF 44, AC 42 and a CYQ.

[@rmblwgn]

I found 2 wwii p38's, a winchester 1886 in 33 wcf and a winchester 1890 in my fathers attic when I was 18. It blew me away that growing up we had all theses guns. When I asked him he acted like it was no big deal and he wanted me to be grown when he showed me them. They are now a prized heirloom. I'm so sad though that the 1886 is in an obsolete caliber(.33 win) because it truly is a fantastic brush gun. Its 45-70 necked down to .338. I have 2 1950's boxes of ammo that came with it that I don't dare shoot as they are valuable. One thing I did luck out on however is that the winchester 1890 is chambered in 22lr the most desirable out of the 3 other rimfire possibilities

[@WalfredWilfredoSaquilZuniga]

😊Hola mi amigo mio te felicito mucho por tu video de conocimiento de las armas de fuego y munición con la pistola wolter es una buena arma de fuego antigua pero muy excelente atte Wilfredo papá oso de Guatemala

[@AtomicSilverDollar]

a classic firearm, also Megatron lol.

[@Iboo30]

I handled one, when I was in the Bundeswehr, sadly I didn´t get to shoot it, only shot the H&K P8, I was told though, that some units still use it. The Bundeswehr seemed to have a lot of these sitting in the warehouse somewhere, until they sent them to the Peshmerga along with 10.000 G36 rifles and ammo last year... Oh and the soldiers I talked to who did shoot it, didn´t like it. They all said it would be more accurate if you disassembled and thrown all the pieces of it at your enemy lol

[@828enigma6]

I suspect it had more to do with the shooter's accuracy. Mine are easily combat accurate.

[@waltrohrbach2459]

The P1 was not that much on shooting schedule on the army range, oh we shot plenty, just not the pistol. Used to have the P1 plus UZI aboard IFV Marder as gunner and later commander. Didn't like it either that much, the UZI is the better, more comfortable weapon. So in 1980/81 the P1 was abandoned as personal defense weapon for tankcrews, fine by me. It was not unheard of, that especially on weekends, young officers and NCO committed suicide because of personal problems, with a P1 and they always picked the bathroom..how considerate. Of course the UZI had to go later too because of new CRISAT rules, like being able to penetrate 2mm titanium plus 10 layers of Kevlar body armour, so the HK MP7 was introduced, well, that was past my time.

[@regsparkes6507]

These P38 and P1`s are super pistol.., I was shooting with one about a month ago, and love it. Since then I have found a dealer with the all steel P38`s in stock. Maybe tomorrow, I will contact him and have a chat !!! Thanks for this review.

[@DenisHauser]

The P1 and the UZI I had often as a service weapon in the armored infantry.

[@14GT5.0]

One bad hombre that P-38 I have a Spreewerk from 1943 with the swastika and eagle beautiful firearm

[@mrhamburger6936]

I'm surprised Walter didn't read design the P-38 to 15 round clip

[@fritshogenboom319]

mr hambuger .

[@waldmeister0815]

@Stefano Pavone I shot it in the german army as a lefty. You get used to the right hand safety and develop your own techniques for shooting right handed guns.

[@eurodog4222]

Fair to say the Beretta F92 general design was directly influenced by the P38...

[@basilbcf]

Inherited mine from my Dad who was in WWII (Utah Beach and Battle of Bulge). It's a a 1943 made by Mauser (byf code)

[@tomtomsen791]

I had this while i served in the Bundeswehr back in 2001 We had a joke over here: How to kill your enemy with a P1? You give 8 warning shoots and one acurat litter

[@deathwarfaminepest3226]

Id love to own one of these for self defense. Of course I would mod mine with a speaker and a button you can press to hear Megatron saying ""Die AUTOBOTS!!!"

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Be careful not let the Hasbro lawyers hear you!

[@claytonhess5512]

Lol!

[@tripplewhipper]

I have one myself, haven't been getting the best accuracy out of it, deffinetlly a possibility that the barrel has had a lot of wear but none the less i love it

[@Jish1695]

When I was a kid I thought these were literally one of coolest handguns ever. Still think that haha

[@5Ring]

The Beretta M9 is basically a combination of the P38 and the Browning High-Power. My Berettas are my favorite pistols. My P01 is their grandpa!

[@pouch2598]

I fired that pistol to qualify for the German Schutzenschner. It was easy to shoot; very intuitive. That was in the 80’s when the German Army used it as their standard sidearm. Most of us Americans had no problems with the pistol. The machine gun, however... that was a whole different animal! They used a version of the MG 42 which fired 1200 rounds per minute. Only a few of us got past that test.

[@mrfourtysevenman]

I met a guy at the range who let me try the luger then the walther. Cant say i liked anything about the luger besides the look. Didn't like shooting it. The p38 soon became my favorite handgun after firing it. Easy to handle and accurate. Puts a smile on my face just seeing one

[@avflyguy]

Bought mine in mid 80's at local collectors meet. Has original all leather full cover holster with hard leather pocket for extra clip. He's right _dot the i_ and will be right on the mark. I can't even guess how many rounds have been through this even since I've had it. Definately a conversation starter at the local indoor range. I'm ashamed to say how little I paid for this piece back then.

[@rogerbeckner6419]

I love my 1942 made in the Walther factory, numbers matching , Waffen stamps and just smooth feel and operation.

[@magnum2videos612]

Nice video. I used to have one of those back in the early 70s. I bought it used, so it might have been a WWII model. I wish I still had it.

[@TheOneTrueAJ]

That's a hot gun! You do it justice!

[@juscaws]

I have a 1943 walther p38 made by mouser I inherited through my grandpas death it is my prized possession, it only runs steel cased so far without jamming though I don’t shoot it often it means the world to me as a bring back.

[@Woodman-jl6kw]

I have a P1 pistolet made in France. It’s a great pistol and well balanced.

[@Jesse-ng4tb]

I don't want a wartime model, I just want a cheap-ish one I can plink with lol Nice review as always!

[@pedrotome9119]

Man!! We STILL have it in many of our Armed Forces here in Portugal!! Still does its job well! And P.B. M-9 family, is not much, than an updated sort of copy! And there's no need to go to College, to figure that out!! A 1937 design presented in 1938, and shooting ever since!! Longer and maybe better, only the 1911s!! ''Old'' does not mean ''useless''!!

[@moc6897]

I fully agree! As (nearly) always the Muricans have no clue ... hahaha

[@troyboy2050]

Probably one of my favorite pistols to shoot !

[@828enigma6]

Had a aluminum frame later production one with the cross bolt. And a chest rig for it called the Biafran Mile Run Pouch. Straps crossed in the back, and the pouch part had four velcro flaps that folded over it. Had the holster, a single mag holder, space for a boot dagger, ID, cash, and I believe a misc space for a second magazine. I carried 147gr +P ammo in it as neighbors had big dogs who were decidedly unfriendly. It was my jogging rig and was very comfortable., I only carried +P in it. Practice was done with regular ammo. Fortunately, once I stopped jogging and face them, the dogs lost interest in me.

[@JohnSmith-mg5ve]

good video and you don't ramble on I passed on 1 of these about 4-5 years ago wished I would of taken it but that might of been the day I bought my Makarov.

[@LordDigz12]

"Did you hear that? That was the sound of my Walther pointed right at your testicles..."

[@constantine2197]

Ok, why do you have your Walther pointed at my testicles?

[@constantine2197]

+Mac Poop That was the other characters response to the SS major.

[@VolkerHett]

Back in August 1980 we still had P38s in basic training.

[@nathansauerbier5011]

The Flektarn in the background is a nice touch for a German gun.

[@moc6897]

Yes, it is!

[@ShoreDude105]

I enjoyed the video. I have a WWII AC-44 P-38. I haven't shot it in a few years, however this video has inspired me to take it out to the range and get in a little trigger time with it. Weather's getting nicer now and more suitable for shooting outdoors. Maybe this coming weekend?

[@dustinhagy1546]

Got one from my grandpa brought back all matching 1944 war trophy

[@jimhovater8755]

I recently picked up my second P4 and my first P5. 😊

[@michaelgaribaldi8491]

With this weapon I was trained at the Bundeswehr. very good video! Greetings from Germany

[@markanne54]

A whole video on the P.38 and not a single mention of the Man From U.N.C.L.E.

[@Tio_Loco]

You mean, Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuriakin?

[@natural-born_pilot]

They ruined that piece and cut the barrel off...Hollywood ug. Forget about accuracy.

[@Lawrence64]

I was waiting for this one. 2 thumbs up!

[@sootch00]

+Fun & Family Channel Thanks Brother

[@jwertel2]

Great video, very fun pistol. Just a note, the rear sight is not adjustable for windage. You actually replace the entire rear sight, or drift the front post.

[@dongies5834]

It's ULM , on the Danube . I have 2 Post War,Aluminun frame,bought in Germany in (58-60). Cost $62.40 each. @ the time. Had both engraved(Oak Leaf),w/monogram on slide and Walnut grips. Was (440 DM) ($110.00 US) Is a nice souvenier of time in Army

[@robertthomas5906]

I have a war time P38. Seems it was shot a LOT. It was found discarded and broken during the war. The sear was worn out, so is the front locking block. I had the sear fixed so the hammer wouldn't drop when loading a round. The locking block was fixed by using some axle grease. Otherwise it'll jam BAD. I mean BAD. Even with all that use it still holds as good as group as my other 9mm. Probably better. Make sure they're greased, they'll last a lifetime or so. Same with an M1 rifle, grease is your friend.

[@Sol-abiete]

I wish Walther would make a spruced version of this thing like FN did with the Hi-Power. Make it double stack, improve its mechanics, etc. But maintain that classic P38 esthetic.

[@shanec6092]

Stopped by the local gun range/store today and noticed two used P38 pistols, one for $750 and the other for $800. Asked the clerk about the price difference, but he was clueless. Guess I'll go back and ask again when a manager is on duty.

[@Gieszkanne]

The US Army was so impressed that after WW2 they also wanted a 9mm DA/SA pistol. S&W developed the 39 for them but then for any reasons the stay with the 1911 untill 1985. But the Beretta 92 M9 is a kind of modern upgrade of the P38.

[@jwc00789]

Great Review! Have three P38's, one WWII AC44, and two Post War. Great Shooters!

[@MrRoboskippy]

Great video, thanks. I just picked up a WW2 model. The number don't match, so it was affordable.

[@mohammadkusbudiaji3724]

Walther P38/P01 9*19 mm pistol, the old pistol but still very interesting to collect ...

[@talih3610]

In my personal opinion, I think it is the best performance & design pistol of all the pistols developed so far😍