Hello forum..
I just found this recently at a garage sale. The seller pulled it out of house when I asked for military stuff.
He said he had a German "cigarette pistol" that his dad brought back from the war.
I wasn't sure what he was talking about. I thought it was going to be a lighter in the shape of a gun.
I was surprised to see the P38. He then asked me what does cigarette pistol mean (since that is what his dad always called it). I said I didn't know.
I went on the net after I got it home and see that is what GI's called some captured guns that were traded for cigarettes.
I asked him what does he want. He said: $450. I said too bad the parts don't match, and that I see numbers from at least 3 different guns.
He then said... Well.... I guess I would take $300 in that case.
He also included 2 boxes of 9mm ammo. 7 rounds missing. I guess he shot a magazine threw it at one time.
There are no import marks.
The net seems to indicate that most AC45 P38's are mismatched parts guns. The serial number is very high on the slide. Likely one of the last P38's made for the "C" block.
Robert
I just found this recently at a garage sale. The seller pulled it out of house when I asked for military stuff.
He said he had a German "cigarette pistol" that his dad brought back from the war.
I wasn't sure what he was talking about. I thought it was going to be a lighter in the shape of a gun.
I was surprised to see the P38. He then asked me what does cigarette pistol mean (since that is what his dad always called it). I said I didn't know.
I went on the net after I got it home and see that is what GI's called some captured guns that were traded for cigarettes.
I asked him what does he want. He said: $450. I said too bad the parts don't match, and that I see numbers from at least 3 different guns.
He then said... Well.... I guess I would take $300 in that case.
He also included 2 boxes of 9mm ammo. 7 rounds missing. I guess he shot a magazine threw it at one time.
There are no import marks.
The net seems to indicate that most AC45 P38's are mismatched parts guns. The serial number is very high on the slide. Likely one of the last P38's made for the "C" block.
Robert
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