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You'd never be able to explain to them what their equipment would be worth in 70 years...
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apart from being a giant is he carrying non standard side arm as the holster profile does not fit the 1911's I have seen more like P-38.
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P.38
Astonishing pistol in it's day, double action autoloader? Huge improvement over the delicate and temperamental Luger and much cheaper to produce. I keep one on my night table.
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I like them too...many features that were either copied outright or still in use today.
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Mine is one of the Russian capture ones that were rehabed and came in a number of years ago. My only complaint is the double action trigger pull. I have owned cap guns that had better triggers.
Is this typical?
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Originally Posted by
us019255
My only complaint is the double action trigger pull. I have owned cap guns that had better triggers.
I found them to be rather good, especially when compared against their contemporaries of the era.
You want bad trigger pull, you get yourself a Nagant revolver, makes a P38 feel like a tuned match pistol.
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It wouldn't by chance be a Spreework? Some of those were hideous, and the worst that were made. The earlier ones weren't so bad.
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It wouldn't by chance be a Spreework? Some of those were hideous, and the worst that were made.
Just looked at it. byf 42 Mauser- Werke if I remember correctly.
By the way, I purchased for historical value, and do agree that it is a remarkable engineering achievement. The only double action triggers of the era I have any experience with is S&W revolvers, which, of course, are fine. I do have no complaints with the single action pull.
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