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Walther PP 32 ACP Help Needed

gregw
Hey Guys / Gals...I need help identifying this handgun, I know it is a Walther PP but I cannot tell what the proof mark is behind the trigger guard. Also can you help placing a value on it. These are not my pictures so I do not have teh gun in my posession. The guy wants to trade so I need to place a value on this gun. Thanks for your help
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  • gregw
    Sorry for the double picture, here is another one
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  • nmyers
    I don't think that's a proof mark, but the photo isn't good enough for me to see exactly what it is.

    But, it doesn't really matter. This is a post-WW2 gun made by Manurhin in France & sold by Walther from their Ulm/Donau plant. Most made-for-export guns have Interarms markings on the right side, but we can't see that. Most likely this is a recent European police/military trade in, with import markings somewhere on the gun.

    With replacement grips, some rust/abrasion on the slide, I would expect it to sell in the $250-300 range.

    Neal

    EDIT: In the early '60s, Interarms did not mark their guns. Later they used several different markings, usually "Interarms, Alexandria, VA". If it were legally imported by anyone > 1968, it would have to be stamped with the importer name & address. I would guess yours was imported in the early '60s. But, again, none of this matters; well used, it's just a "shooter", not a "collector".[red][/red]
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  • gregw
    Neal, what would the Interarms markings look like as i do not see anything on the right side that says Interarms at all...I believe teh only thing it has on the right side are the serial numbers
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  • gregw
    the owner has the original grips but has Pachmayer grips on it now
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  • gregw
    Updated photo of hte marking, I was told it is a BYP marking Xed out and that it was a gun carried by the bavarian police and the stamp was Xed out on surplus guns, does this increase the value any or not?
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  • yonson
    +1 to nmyers comment on $value. I enjoy shooting the three PPs that I have, excellent practice. My (limited) records indicate ser# range 424,000 indicates DOM 1972.
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  • rufe-snow
    PP's such as the one in the photos are ex German police pistols. The police marking on it was defaced with a large X when it was sold to surplus arms dealers.

    These ex German police .32 PP's were imported and and sold as surplus guns, here in the States, in large numbers during the 80's. Because of escalating terrorist activity in Germany during the 70's and 80's all the German cops replaced their .32's with 9mm's.
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  • rsnyder55
    Most of the police imports were imported by Interarms (with the Interarms information engraved on the slide) and sold for approximately $159.00. The ones I've seen also had an additional number on the slide, possibly a department tracking number.
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