I ponder getting it refinished when I can afford to send it off I'd like to have the nickel stripped and have it parkerized. At the end of the war it ended up in some GI's pocket and was brought back to the US by him - there are no importer's marks either - and at some point, probably in the 1950's it was badly nickel plated destroying the original Mauser bluing. In the middle of WWII, this was made for civilian purchase. This pistol, produced that month by it's serial number, was not made for the military or even the police - the only proof mark it bears is the standard civilian proof mark. In April 1942 the Germans had been at war for just over 2 1/2 years but were not yet on a full war economy. This particular example illustrates something that most American's don't really understand. In my opinion, they succeeded and, but for WWII, would have made a far bigger dent in Walther's sales. Mauser wanted in on the market but to do so would require a pistol that was better than the Walther. Back in the late 1930's, the police pistol market in German was owned by Walther between the PP & the PPK.
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