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Anyone have any experience in turning a P1 or P38 into a P38K? Finding a P38K is difficult at best and #^(@#^ expensive ... if, in fact, you can locate one for sale. At the same time, Dan's Ammo, Simpson's Ltd., and other sites are offering fairly wonderful prices on top-of-the-line P1s and post-war P38s; you can get an unfired P1 shipped for $250, for example, from Dan's. So the question becomes, what's the possibility of converting one of these puppies, strictly for plinking/shooting purposes?
Sure, the end result wouldn't be a collectible, but it sure would be a hell of a conversation-starter on the range ... and likely would make an interesting shooter. I don't think that shortening the barrrel would present much of a challenge to a qualified gunsmith; the trick might come in reattaching the front sight. Then again, a host of other issues may be involved.
Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions? Photos?
It's not a question of becoming the man from U.N.C.L.E. It's rather a question of being armed like the man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sure, the end result wouldn't be a collectible, but it sure would be a hell of a conversation-starter on the range ... and likely would make an interesting shooter. I don't think that shortening the barrrel would present much of a challenge to a qualified gunsmith; the trick might come in reattaching the front sight. Then again, a host of other issues may be involved.
Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions? Photos?
It's not a question of becoming the man from U.N.C.L.E. It's rather a question of being armed like the man from U.N.C.L.E.