Note that the rear sight interlocks with the top cover and IS NOT moveable for windage.Īll sight changes are to the front sight.Įarl's Walther Service sells numbered different height front sights to correct shooting high or low.

If you do want to replace them, DO NOT use any 'extra power' springs, post here and we can tell you how to do a replacement. Recoil springs probably will be good, but replacing them is easy once you know the procedure. These may work with hollow point ammo but be prepared to experiment to find a brand/type that will feed reliably in your specific gun. Use standard velocity 9mm full metal jacket 115 or 124 grain ammo. There's not much you can do to prevent this, just be aware that it can happen. This is caused by aging slide covers, or covers that have been removed and replaced incorrectly, bending the cover 'fingers' that hold it in place. Note that the slide top cover on the P-38's have been known to blow off when fired and scatter slide parts. This will prevent a worn or crystallized safety from failing and allowing the gun to fire.Ĭareful with the grips, they age and get brittle. If the locking block or the pin that operates it are blued, the gun has been refinished.Īn 'a' block serial number would have been the second batch of 10,000 guns made in 1941, probably in January or early February.į you buy it and want to shoot it, it's a smart move to lower the hammer by holding it back, turning the safety, and easing the hammer down. The serial number should be stamped on the left side of the slide, left side of the frame in front of the trigger, on the front of the barrel block, and a partial number on the locking block. 'Probably' the safety problem is just a matter of replacing the hammer drop lever in the frame, but it could be something else. If you want to research your pistol further a web forum at will be the place.That would be a good price IF it's in all original condition with no re-blue. Sure a cracked part can be replaced but it will not be serialed numbered to the pistol. After all these years the springs get a little weak and a good battering can crack something that can not be replaced due to it being serialed numbered. Cracking a slide or breaking a locking block will kill the value. Looks like you have a keeper collectible. Does the locking block on the bottom of the barrel have the last three digits of the serial number? Is the locking block in the white meaning that it is not blued? locking block looks to be in the white but not sure from photo. So your Walther has the somewhat rare CZ contract barrel that was supplied to some pistols in the 1944 L block pistols. fnh was another of the nazi secret codes for CZ. Walther only used the fnh barrel in the 1944 l block pistols. Barrel was not Walther made but was supplied by fnh which will add to the value of the pistol if all other parts have matching serial numbers. It is an L lower case and it is part of the serial number.

Mauser p38 serial numbers