Walther P38 9mm Used Trade-in Pistol for Sale

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As with many used trade-in firearms, this pistol may contain scratches and/or signs of wear. This is not always the case, but should not be unexpected.

One cannot help but wonder whether the designers at Walther knew that the P38’s design would be a seminal moment in the evolution of modern service pistols. The P38 was the first pistol to combine a locked breech with a DA/SA trigger, whereby the hammer could rest with a round in the chamber, and the first shot could be fired in double-action mode, with subsequent shots fired in the single-action mode. This design has been copied numerous times up to and including today for most modern pistols, until the advent of the striker-fired pistol. While many old-schoolers scoff that the DA/SA is a solution to a non-existent problem, the feature has become widely accepted by military and police organizations worldwide.

The P38 is also one of the first service pistols to employ a loaded-chamber indicator, a small piece of rod that protrudes out of the top toward the rear of the slide when a round is in the chamber. Instead of using a link like a 1911 to unlock the barrel and allow it to drop out of battery during the cycling of the slide, the P38 employs a wedge-shaped falling block to keep the slide and barrel locked together until enough pressure has decayed to allow the slide to reciprocate safely.

Walther P38 9mm Used Trade-in Pistol Features

• Model: Walther P38
• Caliber: 9mm
• Capacity: 8 Rounds
• Magazines: Comes with 1
• Barrel Length: 4.9 in.