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9MM Auto Pisto Walther P38 Manual

OWNER'S MANUAL
CARL WALTHER • WORKS FOR SPORTS-AND HUNTING WEAPONS. ULM DONAU . GERMANY

The WALTHER Police Pistol Models PP and PPK hove, by virtue of their unique construction, proved themselves to be the World's safest and most dependable handguns.
The absolute faith in these two products induced specialists both at home and abroad to demand a pistol of a similarly recognized and approved construction which would retain the principle of a very light weight and at the same time fire the more powerful cartridge Cal. 9 mm Parabellum.
The outcome of the appropriate considerations was the new WALTHER Model P 38 Cal. 9 mm Parbellum, which combines a fantastically low weight of only a little over 27 ounces with all the desirable advantages of a modern handgun - absolute safety, instantaneous readiness, and easy handling - and which allows the use of a considerably more potent cartridge. This pistol stands without rival.
All the component parts are interchangeable. They are made by means of the most up-to-date production methods involving the use of modern machinery under strictest super-vision. As in the manufacture of any other of the several WALTHER products, only the very best materials are used in the production of the Model P 38.
The pages of this little brochure will give a most detailed and therefore very useful description of the various data relating to the pistol Model P 38.

General Data:
Overall Length ... 214 mm = 8V14"
Length of Barrel ........ 125 mm = 4,5/i«"
Height of Pistol . . 136 mm = 53/s"
Total Weight . . . 780 g
Magazine capacity ... 8 Cartridges
Standard Finish ..set block (matted).
The pistol can be supplied, upon request, in a polished and blued finish.
A spare magazine, a cleaning rod, and a test card are supplied with every pistol. The complete equipment also includes a technical description and is delivered in a stout carton.