I would like to present a very interesting Walther P5.
This Walther has serial number 050013 and is part of the Dutch police contract (starting at serial number 050001). This pistol was delivered to the Dutch police in August 1979 as part of a larger batch. This specific pistol was selected for further endurance tests (meaning that it would be shot to **** to evaluate how many shots certain parts would last).
However, in the period 2000-2005 there was a lack of serviceable Walther P5 pistols, and it was decided to salvage as many pistols by using spare parts (incl. frames, slides and barrels). #050013 was fully restored by replacing all parts of the pistol with newly delivered spare parts. In practice, this means that a new pistol was assembled from spare parts, and the serial number 050013 was simply re-used. The serial number was applied on the respective parts by the police armorer.
The spare parts of this pistol are dated. The slide and frame are from 1999 and the barrel is from 2001.
The nice thing about this pistol is that it was one of the first pistols produced by Walther for the dutch police contract, while it currently has all the features of the latest P5 models (note the single line P5 marking on the slide).
This P5 with serial number 050013 was given a second life....
This Walther has serial number 050013 and is part of the Dutch police contract (starting at serial number 050001). This pistol was delivered to the Dutch police in August 1979 as part of a larger batch. This specific pistol was selected for further endurance tests (meaning that it would be shot to **** to evaluate how many shots certain parts would last).
However, in the period 2000-2005 there was a lack of serviceable Walther P5 pistols, and it was decided to salvage as many pistols by using spare parts (incl. frames, slides and barrels). #050013 was fully restored by replacing all parts of the pistol with newly delivered spare parts. In practice, this means that a new pistol was assembled from spare parts, and the serial number 050013 was simply re-used. The serial number was applied on the respective parts by the police armorer.
The spare parts of this pistol are dated. The slide and frame are from 1999 and the barrel is from 2001.
The nice thing about this pistol is that it was one of the first pistols produced by Walther for the dutch police contract, while it currently has all the features of the latest P5 models (note the single line P5 marking on the slide).
This P5 with serial number 050013 was given a second life....