Short Barrel P38 For Review

[Mp40Bran]

I have a short barrel p38 for review. Are the "short barrel" p38s more on the rare side? Please let me know if it looks authentic.

[STG44]

There are no real factory made WWII German short barreled P.38's.

[bodes]

Are the "short barrel" p38s more on the rare side?

They're more on the fantasy side....Bodes

[MikeP]

I recall seeing these occasionally at shows in the 60s.
Some were well done. Some just had bobbed barrels and a sight mounted on the slide.
They were never considered to be an original item.
I think some whimsically offered them as "Gestapo" issue.

[oldcorps]

Obviously a relic from the days when P.38s were easily available at practically every show, and cheap. Otherwise, it pains me to see an otherwise great pistol desecrated.

[Mauser888]

They seem to always show up with CYQ on the slides made by Spreewerk. No evidence exists that they came from the Factory that way.

[STG44]

They seem to always show up with CYQ on the slides made by Spreewerk. No evidence exists that they came from the Factory that way.

I had one a long time ago that was an AC43. Found an armorers un-numbered replacement barrel for it.