[Tomflet]

Hello all.

I have recently acquired a Walther PP in 7.65 x 17 and have been trying to get a manufacture date on it.

The guy at the gun shop says it's a 70s model, but the research I've done puts it more around 1935.

So I figured I'd come here and get some knowledge from the people that know.

Thanks!

 

[Kar98]

The guy in the gun shop knows jacksh8t.

90 degree safety makes it pre 1935, Zella Mehlis on the slide makes it pre 1945, serial number puts it post 1932, pre 1935.

 

[halfmoonclip]

Concur with '98; the 90* safety alone makes it a much older gun. Have to hope the shopman's foolishness saved you some money.

As regards dating it, try sending flowers and schnapps, and a nice note.
Moon

 

[Tomflet]

Thanks for the responses. I had my local gun appraiser look at it also and he has it around 1935 as well.

He also said the gun has been re-blued since the barrel is supposed to be white/silver.

Overall he said with the re-bluing the guns only worth about $300 to $350.

My concern is if it was re-blued, there might have been rust on the barrel or on the slide itself.

 

[imaoldfart]

When you send flowers and schnapps, include this hat too.

 

[Dieter H. Marschall]

PP

Thanks for the responses. I had my local gun appraiser look at it also and he has it around 1935 as well.

He also said the gun has been re-blued since the barrel is supposed to be white/silver.

Overall he said with the re-bluing the guns only worth about $300 to $350.

My concern is if it was re-blued, there might have been rust on the barrel or on the slide itself.

Hello,
Early PPs did not yet have the polished barrel holder as seen through the ejection port.
Best wishes,
Dieter H. Marschall.

 

[halfmoonclip]

...Overall he said with the re-bluing the guns only worth about $300 to $350.

My concern is if it was re-blued, there might have been rust on the barrel or on the slide itself.

Hard to judge from your less-than-sharp pics, but it isn't clear that it has been reblued.
Serious rust leaves pits that are very hard to buff out without removing too much metal.
How is the bore?
Moon

 

[pilkguns]

I agree with moon. It doesn’t immediately appear to be reblued from the less than clear pics. But there are enough pics there to that it appears to be factory original to me.

I’m always suspicious about dating a woman that posts fuzzy pics of herself on her profile.