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Nath[BDP] · « **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2002, 08:23:46 PM »

executioner

Tac · « **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2002, 08:23:49 PM »

Its a peeestooohl!

capt. apathy · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2002, 08:55:13 PM »

no time to look it up, but it looks like a walther

Kratzer · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2002, 08:55:52 PM »

Walther P38.

The replacement for the Luger. It could be produced more easily and at lesser cost than the Luger.

It is still in production.

Otto · « **Reply #5 on:** March 19, 2002, 09:01:28 PM »

What was the one major feature of the P-38 not found on the Luger? (or on most semi-auto pistols)

fdiron · « **Reply #6 on:** March 19, 2002, 09:16:28 PM »

A single trigger pull both cocked and fired the gun? If not that it was something similar to that. The U.S. model 1911 had to be cocked before firing, and I think the Luger had to be cocked also. With this gun(P38) the first trigger pull was extra long in order to arm the weapon.

Otto · « **Reply #7 on:** March 19, 2002, 09:29:23 PM »

You are correct fdiron. The P-38 was 'Double Action' on the first shot. You just had to take off the Safety and pull the trigger. With the Luger and most semi-auto pistols you had to cock the weapon to fire the first round.

Staga · « **Reply #8 on:** March 19, 2002, 09:35:10 PM »

9mm Walther P-38 and it really is double-action recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol.

capt. apathy · « **Reply #9 on:** March 19, 2002, 11:17:44 PM »

actually it's a single/double. the first shot after de-cocking can be fired double action or single by manually re-cocking, after that the action noodles the gun so it fires on single action unless decocked.

double action gets the shot off without taking the time to cock it.
single action is more acurate.

ps
I've owned a couple walthers (ppks), very sweet action

Kratzer · « **Reply #10 on:** March 20, 2002, 10:07:56 AM »

A Luger isn't a single action in the same sense that the Colt was a single action. The 1911 Colt could be loaded by working the slide, placing a round in the chamber and cocking the hammer,the hammer could then be manually de-cocked. To fire, the external hammer would then need to be re-cocked by hand.

The Luger did not have an external hammer. Working the toggle loaded a round and cocked the firing pin. While the safety could be engaged, with this disengaged, the Luger was ready to fire, and the hammer couldn't be de-cocked and then re-cocked as in the 1911 Colt and Walther P38.

BenDover · « **Reply #11 on:** March 20, 2002, 12:53:24 PM »

do i hear the James Bond theme song??

brady · « **Reply #12 on:** March 20, 2002, 05:37:47 PM »

Walther P-38, it is:)