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Posted: 9/23/2017 2:34:24 PM EDT
This is the first gun I remember firing. It is a P-38 that my Dad ordered right out of a magazine and was mailed to his house. He paid $19.95 for it at the time and it came as you see it here. He is still alive and kicking but wanted me to take it home since the grandkids had been eyeing it lol. It is a very nice matching numbers byf 44 with matching magazine. The holster is a police holster (Mdj) dated 1925 and is still as soft as it was when it was made.
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Posted: 9/23/2017 2:37:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2017 2:47:18 PM EDT
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Nice!
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Posted: 9/23/2017 2:49:40 PM EDT
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Very cool!
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Posted: 9/23/2017 2:51:09 PM EDT
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Super nice, I need to find one for the collection to go with my 1944 BYF K98.
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Posted: 9/23/2017 3:29:55 PM EDT
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OK, I accept your offer. $19.95. Please send to my FFL asap. Thanks!
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Posted: 9/23/2017 3:33:08 PM EDT
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That is awesome!
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Posted: 9/23/2017 3:33:26 PM EDT
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IM me and you can double your money.
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Posted: 9/23/2017 3:47:55 PM EDT
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Funny guys!
Thanks for the comments. He was always kicking himself for not picking up a Luger at the same time which he said was $10 more lol. |
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Posted: 9/23/2017 4:09:37 PM EDT
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wow, what a beautiful specimen. could still get it shipped directly to you today, with a c&r of course, but it surely wouldn't be 19.95!
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Posted: 9/23/2017 5:09:20 PM EDT
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Nice gun for the price, but one thing that boggles me. The P-38 did not exist in 1925, as development didn't start until 1937-38. So it is likely that the holster probably belongs to another pistol, or is from a different country all together.
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Posted: 9/23/2017 5:48:33 PM EDT
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Nice gun for the price, but one thing that boggles me. The P-38 did not exist in 1925, as development didn't start until 1937-38. So it is likely that the holster probably belongs to another pistol, or is from a different country all together. |
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Posted: 9/23/2017 6:06:44 PM EDT
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It's East German. MdI is Ministry of Interior and in the early 60s is was marked as MdJ instead of MdI (apparently old German tradition of using J for an I) III/61 is the date and 1925 I believe is an item code. A lot of wartime stuff was reworked until they got in line with Soviet armaments. If the holster originally came with the pistol, it almost makes it MORE intriguing. Very nice piece! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Nice gun for the price, but one thing that boggles me. The P-38 did not exist in 1925, as development didn't start until 1937-38. So it is likely that the holster probably belongs to another pistol, or is from a different country all together. |
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Posted: 9/23/2017 6:16:11 PM EDT
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It's East German. MdI is Ministry of Interior and in the early 60s is was marked as MdJ instead of MdI (apparently old German tradition of using J for an I) III/61 is the date and 1925 I believe is an item code. A lot of wartime stuff was reworked until they got in line with Soviet armaments. If the holster originally came with the pistol, it almost makes it MORE intriguing. Very nice piece! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Nice gun for the price, but one thing that boggles me. The P-38 did not exist in 1925, as development didn't start until 1937-38. So it is likely that the holster probably belongs to another pistol, or is from a different country all together. |
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Posted: 9/23/2017 6:19:00 PM EDT
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You know now that you mention that look under the frame serial number. There is an East German proof stamp there. |
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Posted: 9/23/2017 8:11:49 PM EDT
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Yes! Thank you for pointing that out. There is the same gear stamp on thd front slide as on the trigger guard. So E. German police is what that stamp designates? |
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