One for the Walther guys
This little pistol belongs to a friend of a friend. He brought it by for me to look at, and try and identify, and i have some guesses, but no answers.
The owner states he got this pistol from his father, who said he had taken it from a German officer in WWII. The holster certainly appears to be WWII German, and original. The pistol APPEARS to be factory nickel or chrome, and there are no signs that markings had been buffed or ground off. There is a small mark on the muzzle end of the slide that seems to be a flaw, or a ding, but other than that, no markings anywhere. Not under the grips, not on disassembly, none at all.
It appears to be a Model 9. The magazine and grips are both clearly Walther marked, with the banner. It is .25 cal., or 6.35 mm. There are no visible markings on the holster, but they may have faded with time.
My guess would be that the pistol was either (and most likely) a lunchbox gun, or less likely one that was made for covert use and intentionally unmarked. What are your thoughts ? Anyone else run into one of these ?
Thanks to all for the input on this one. I will E-mail the guy the link to this so he can get the straight replies.
The owner states he got this pistol from his father, who said he had taken it from a German officer in WWII. The holster certainly appears to be WWII German, and original. The pistol APPEARS to be factory nickel or chrome, and there are no signs that markings had been buffed or ground off. There is a small mark on the muzzle end of the slide that seems to be a flaw, or a ding, but other than that, no markings anywhere. Not under the grips, not on disassembly, none at all.
It appears to be a Model 9. The magazine and grips are both clearly Walther marked, with the banner. It is .25 cal., or 6.35 mm. There are no visible markings on the holster, but they may have faded with time.
My guess would be that the pistol was either (and most likely) a lunchbox gun, or less likely one that was made for covert use and intentionally unmarked. What are your thoughts ? Anyone else run into one of these ?
Thanks to all for the input on this one. I will E-mail the guy the link to this so he can get the straight replies.
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Rufe-Snow is our pocket pistol expert so I'd like to hear his thoughts. There were factory nickled Model 9s, although they are not very common. Frankly from the photos that pistol looks like it has been chromed and that finish was not available on Model 9s. My guess: It has been heavily buffed and then chromed and this is why there are no markings visible. 0 -
back then it would have markings all over you can tell the edges are not sharp anymore thats what happens during heavy buffing and the common after the war chrome the pistol 0 -
Agree as above,,it has been HEAVILY buffed..imo...never seen one but the blue ones..nambu 0 -
IMHO originally this pistol had DEEP pits and these were buffed out or at least most of them you can still see many small dots Pits that never were chromed and then have had the rust reappear. Because of his family connection I would keep tell him to keep but as to value on the open market VERY little. 0 -
I was just checking over on the Blue Book(it is great with the on-line subscription), not that its information is valued any more than others. It says they made a model 8 that could be had either in blue or nickel. It had the round medallions in the black plastic grips. Value according to them is $125.00 to $700.00 in 60-100% condition respectively.
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quote:Originally posted by tsr1965
I was just checking over on the Blue Book(it is great with the on-line subscription), not that its information is valued any more than others. It says they made a model 8 that could be had either in blue or nickel. It had the round medallions in the black plastic grips. Value according to them is $125.00 to $700.00 in 60-100% condition respectively.
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The factory nickeled, Walther Model 9 would have had the same manufacturers slide markings serial number and German Proof Marks as the common blued model.
The serial number should be on the left side of the frame stamped vertically just behind the trigger. Because it was removed when the Model 9 was refinished, this has the potential for causing legal problems that the present owner should be made aware of.0
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