Hi guys, here's an interesting story.
I bought my first P38 a while back via e-stand. A nice AC44 with matching serial numbers, except for the mag, which is a zero series.
I went to the P38 forum (www.p38forum.com) to see if I could register my serial numbers and, on the off-chance, find the matching gun for my mag, or vice versa.
There was a post up – a guy had recently visited Cabela’s (for non-US readers Cabela’s is hunting/fishing chain in the US). He had noted down the serial numbers of the P38s they were selling in one of their stores and duly relayed them to forum followers.
And one of them matched my mag – 09873. The gun was for sale at $2999.
I posted a reply and was then contacted via the P38 forum by a guy who expressed interest in buying my mag and re-uniting it with its original gun.
He called Cabela’s and got some photos e-mailed over to him. Turns out the gun is somewhat over priced and doesn’t warrant such a high price tag. Fair enough.
Still, nice to know the original gun is still in one piece somewhere.
I even called Cabela’s to see if they’d want to buy the mag off me. They said they’d think about it. That was a week ago. I’m assuming it’s a ‘no thanks.’ I don’t think they realise the significance of it.
Frankly, I'd look into buying it myself but firearms laws over here in the UK are prohibitive. I dread to think how I'd first go about de-activating it and then importing it. All from 5,000 miles away.
So, if anyone’s looking to get hold of a zero series P38 with original mag, you know where to start looking.
Chris
I bought my first P38 a while back via e-stand. A nice AC44 with matching serial numbers, except for the mag, which is a zero series.
I went to the P38 forum (www.p38forum.com) to see if I could register my serial numbers and, on the off-chance, find the matching gun for my mag, or vice versa.
There was a post up – a guy had recently visited Cabela’s (for non-US readers Cabela’s is hunting/fishing chain in the US). He had noted down the serial numbers of the P38s they were selling in one of their stores and duly relayed them to forum followers.
And one of them matched my mag – 09873. The gun was for sale at $2999.
I posted a reply and was then contacted via the P38 forum by a guy who expressed interest in buying my mag and re-uniting it with its original gun.
He called Cabela’s and got some photos e-mailed over to him. Turns out the gun is somewhat over priced and doesn’t warrant such a high price tag. Fair enough.
Still, nice to know the original gun is still in one piece somewhere.
I even called Cabela’s to see if they’d want to buy the mag off me. They said they’d think about it. That was a week ago. I’m assuming it’s a ‘no thanks.’ I don’t think they realise the significance of it.
Frankly, I'd look into buying it myself but firearms laws over here in the UK are prohibitive. I dread to think how I'd first go about de-activating it and then importing it. All from 5,000 miles away.
So, if anyone’s looking to get hold of a zero series P38 with original mag, you know where to start looking.
Chris
He thought the mag was priced too high so he didn't buy it!! (what an idiot!!
) Anyways, the guy ended up selling the gun at the Tulsa show this year. My friend had given him his buisness card in case he changed his mind, and wanted to buy the mag. He ended up giving the buisness card to the buyer of the gun, and he called my friend up, and of course he purchased the magazine! He couldn't believe that dealer didn't buy it before he sold him the gun!!
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