![]() These pistols were P.38s that were refinished and had the swastikas stamped out to comply with laws in Germany banning the swastika. The rest of the post war German military pistols were produced from 1963 onward and both had aluminum frames and were marked P1 b) the small number of post war steel frame pistols made under French occupation marked P.38 (these pistols often have sheet metal grips) c) the small number of steel framed, short barreled P.38Ks made for a few years from about 1973 andd) parts guns assembled from a variety of P.38 and P1 parts with non matching slide and frame numbers.-You'll potentially encounter wartime P.38s that were used by the West German military and West German police. Post war military models were labeled P1 and had aluminum frames.The notable exceptions here are:a) The first batch of new build post war German military pistols (made in 1957-58) which had aluminum frames but were labeled P.38. ![]() Post war commercial models were labeled P.38 but had aluminum frames.3. Wartime produced pistols were marked P.38 and had steel frames.2. ![]() The P.38 and P1 pistols come in three major flavors:1.
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