P.38's are very nice pistols to shoot. However shooting these 70 year old pistol might result in (non)-reparable damage. The worst fear is always the cracking of the slide or breaking the locking block or the grips. Serial numbered parts usually cannot be replaced and this results in a reduced value of the pistol. Other parts can be easily replaced without influencing the "correctness" of the pistol.
The first measure to avoid any damage to your pistol is to replace the recoil springs with new ones. These can be ordered for a few bucks at Wolff Gunsprings. Wartime made parts are quite scarce and therefore I always try to have abundant parts in stock to make sure that I can fix any of my guns if something happens.
If you are looking for any parts, magazines or grips don't be afraid to approach me (info@pistole38.nl). Below is a parts diagram of the P.38 pistol.
| 001 FRONT SIGHT 002 BARREL 003 LOCKING BLOCK RET. SPRING 004 LOCKING BLOCK 005 LOCKING BLOCK OPERATING PIN 006 FIRING PIN & INDICATOR COVER 007 REAR SIGHT 008 AUTO FIRING PIN LOCK SPRING 009 AUTO FIRING PIN LOCK 010 FIRING PIN RETAINING PIN 011 FIRING PIN SPRING 012 CARTRIDGE INDICATOR PIN 013 CARTRIDGE INDICATOR SPRING 014 EXTRACTOR 015 EXTRACTOR PLUNGER 016 EXTRA PLUNGER SPRING 017 SAFETY 018 FIRING PIN 019 HAMMER LEVER 020 HAMMER LEVER SPRING 021 HAMMER 022 HAMMER LEVER PIN 023 FRAME 024 STRUT AXLE PIN 025 TRIGGER SPRING |
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026 TRIGGER BUSHING 027 TRIGGER 028 EJECTOR 029 SAFETY HAMMER LOWERING LEVER 030 FIRING PIN LOCK LIFTER 031 TRIGGER BAR 032 TRIGGER BAR SPRING STUD 033 TRIGGER BAR SPRING 034 SEAR 035 HAMMER STRUT 036 HAMMER SPRING 037 MAGAZINE CATCH 038 HAMMER PIN 039 SEAR PIN 040 SLIDE STOP RETAINING SPRING STUD 041 SLIDE STOP RETURN SPRING 042 SLIDE STOP 043 TAKEDOWN LEVER 044 RETAINER LATCH PLUNGER SPRING 045 RETAINER LATCH PLUNGER 046 RECOIL SPRINGS 047 RECOIL SPRING GUIDES 048 GRIP SCREWS 049 LEFT GRIP PANEL 050 MAGAZINE 051 RIGHT GRIP PANEL 052 SLIDE |