When we add up the auction prices, we find that Ian just handled 523,250 US Dollars worth of equipment.

@Peter-ff1tp

11 ай бұрын

Adjusted for inflation this is now $1.8 trillion and three M1 Abrams tanks.

@danhammond8406

9 ай бұрын

​@Peter-ff1tp we are now up to 659 trillion dollars worth

The P-38 is what I would call the prototypical German pistol. Elegant looking. Quality built. It was made to shoot well and reliably. Made almost too well.

@sammoon2906

8 жыл бұрын

+Ross Collicutt You should really shoot a 1944 or 1945 made P-38 before claiming they were made 'too well', the late war guns are rough as hell, and really, all P-38s have terrible triggers. Heavy on single action, almost impossible double action pull That said, I'll be buried with my AC-42, my Dad has a CYQ 43 that Grandpa brought back from the War, and the ever popular Beretta 92/M9 is essentially a P-38 with a double stack mag, a single recoil spring instead of two, and a redecorated front end. The internals are nearly identical though.

@MsSoulProvider

5 жыл бұрын

@@sammoon2906 The late WWII Pistols were of poor quality due to Ressource and Logistic issues as a result of years of heavy bombing. These guns are not representive for the usual quality af the Weapon. I recommend a Post War Modell or a P1,- just beautiful made pure German craftmanship. Cheers

@MassimoMSSR

5 жыл бұрын

A Luger is more accurate, is shoots better, lasts longer and it is infinitely more reliable than most guns even modern pistols and rifles.

@prof.m.ottozeeejcdecs9998

5 жыл бұрын

The one ... "almost too well" that's a funny remark! ;-) What I found with 99% of Walther designed handguns is, they fit like a glove, even without fancy wooden grips! ;-) pick one up, and it just fits.... unless of course you are a giant or midget!

@danbarb9728

5 жыл бұрын

maybe you made something wrong? The P38 was also adopted by the german military after ww2 and it was in service until 2004, at the local gun range here in germany you have people with P1's and Luger P08's as well and they are not bad, remember in germany almost all gun ranges are 25m in distance for pistol and revolver, that is the standart distance. Maybe your P38 was just to old and "rusty"? @morton christie

The P38 is one of the nicest looking pistols in my opinion.

@bbbbBEOTCH

8 жыл бұрын

+Theodore agree =]

@megamanx503

8 жыл бұрын

+Theodore yeah, it does look nice, personally i think the glock is my favorite pistol, in terms of shape, but the P38 is defiantly in my top 5 pistols

@amaethon2117

8 жыл бұрын

+megamanx503 Totally agree

@leathery420

7 жыл бұрын

I think the Military one looks a bit funny, but I understand the choices. I really like the gun at 3:00, even with the longer barrel, but I think it would look great if they shortened the barrel a inch or two so the front sight is only out a bit from where the frame starts. Reminds me of the HK socom, except it's barrel is longer, and the front sight is connected to the barrel instead of the frame. The grip angles, and controls are very similar.

@TacticalSeagull

5 жыл бұрын

I think it looks weird, like the long barrel desert eagle. Kind of an uncanny valley for me to see the barrel protruding like that

That stamped gun is amazing

@Blechfuchs

3 жыл бұрын

I think this was an attempt of possibly going the same way as Rheinmetall did when developing the MG42, which also largely used stamped sheet metal parts for the housing, instead of milled block material.

Hi Ian. Another outstanding video. It goes to show that these auction house videos are an excellent opportunity to show people firearms that 99.9% of people will never get to see in person. In addition, it is an opportunity to document rare prototypes and developmental firearms before they disappear into another private collection. To all those rare firearm collectors out there, I urge you to reach out to Ian. He is an excellent ambassador for the firearms community. I would love it if he was invited to tour some of these rare private collections while their owners were still alive to add context.

@ForgottenWeapons

8 жыл бұрын

+krmould Thanks!

@b2kid123

8 жыл бұрын

Michael Eversberg II I would call up Calico if I was you.

@wastedangelematis

8 жыл бұрын

+krmould i think somewhere in /k i read : "Gun Jesus reads the Walther bible" as a new episode, not sure if it was for this episode

@wastedangelematis

8 жыл бұрын

yup, i only view /k and /f though, not weird stuff

@Vicus_of_Utrecht

7 жыл бұрын

4chan is an autistic's hangout

Armourer: "Here's your gun." Officer: "... Let me get this straight, I'm trying to apprehend a potentially dangerous suspect and you want me to point my PP at them? ... Do you have anything else?"

Hi Ian. I'am so glad I came across your videos. You really changed my view of gun owners. I live in germany and guns are kind of a taboo here and there are a lot of rather negative stereotypes of gun owners and I have to say I shared them...until I saw your videos and experienced your approach to weapons. Your way of presenting them is as much educational as entertaining. I'am looking forward to your next videos and if you ever have a bad day just thing about me and how you helped that guy overseas to overcome his stereotypes. ;)

@ForgottenWeapons

8 жыл бұрын

+M. Paulsen Thanks!

Thank you Ian. Awesome run down on the P38 development.

@Toad_Hugger

7 жыл бұрын

Survival Russia didn't think I'd see you here! XD My 2 favourite youtubers in one place :o

i found 2 walther p38s on my attic along with a winchester 1886 and 1890 .22lr. my dad had found one p38 in his fathers house and another years later on an estate he was working on after occupants passed away. he never told me about any of them until i was in my 20s.

@Evergreen1400

4 жыл бұрын

And you did what with them?

The sheet metal one in contrast to the evolution was the cherry on top. That was by far my fave part

Very cool! I love these videos that show the full development of a firearm. It's fascinating to see the design evolve.

"Simple blowback isn't ideal for pistol cartridges as 'hot' as 9mm" Hi Point: "Hold my beer.."

@VMEMotor5

3 жыл бұрын

Which is why Hi Points are so big and heavy compared to comparable pistols.

@johnnydoe7846

3 жыл бұрын

High Point: “Hold my Pabst Blue Ribbon beer”

@richardtravalini6731

2 жыл бұрын

There is an other, older 9mm Luger straight blowback pistols that were very successful. The Astra Model 400 started in 1921 and is a fantastic pistol. It ended production in the 1950's. Made of all forged and machined steel, I own one and have shot thousands of rounds over 50 years and never had a malfunction.

A short story of history, and it's great! Thank you for showing this rare models.

I love the quality of machining. Everything goes together with a very satisfying CLICK.

I'm more of a deagle and revolver kinda guy, but thanks to Lupin the 3rd, I have a lotta respect for this Walther.

@TPDManiacXC626

2 жыл бұрын

I credit Indiana Jones, G1 Megatron, and Lupin the Third for some interest in the P38 on my end.

Wow what an amazing collection. I really enjoyed seeing the differences, and changes with each prototype.

Truly excellent video, Ian (as usual). P38 is one of my favorites and it was great to see the development timeline so intelligently laid out.

Wow, that's too bad that those are all being split into separate lots. It's a good thing that you had a chance to get them all on camera at once. They might never all be on the same table again.

Fantastic. I have a mid '80s P1 but have always had a soft spot for its predecessors. It would be absolutely amazing to see the whole lineage together in person, awesome video!

That detachable stock was really well done. Great video. Thank you.

Thanks for the post! Huge Walther fan and have basically just finished my modern day collection. Now to add some classics to the collection!!

You can tell Ian is struggling to contain his excitement at being able to handle these historic weapons 😊

Yet another outstanding and information packed video by Ian. Well done, sir! And I echo krmould's suggestion for collectors and others to reach out to you to review their rare, unusual or simply forgotten weapons. What a boon for us and for collectors too. I will mention, for fans of the P-38, the design was used as a basis for Smith & Wesson to develop their own early 9mm double action pistol - the Model 39 - in the 1950s for Army trials which never took place. So it became a commercial firearm and launched a 40 year succession of models in 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP (plus 7.65 Luger for exports). Keep up the great work Ian.

I am in the market , and chatting with a dealer now, who has a few of the later P38`s, so this video is just super for me. Thanks for all the good information. You have presented these models, very well. Cheers.

Loved it! I've been a P38 guy for years, having owned four different ones, and currently owning one.

Very interesting video Ian, thanks for taking the time to make it!

Thank you for the unique content!No other channel comes close.Not even othais has access to line-up's like these.

Fantastic, thank you for this presentation, I learned quite a bit history of this iconic historical handgun.

Pistols with shoulder stocks always look cool. Also the stock working as a holster is neat idea.

@richardtravalini6731

2 жыл бұрын

But not new as the Mauser C96 (that's 1896) was the first or one of the first.

@dillonc7955

Жыл бұрын

According to the ATF, shoulder stocks on pistols makes them automatic to fire 8 bullets a round. Oh not to mention the increase in power to where it can blow the body right out of the lungs. It's flabbergasting how science works.

Very interesting! I've always liked the Walther P-38, fascinating to see the developmental process here.

Oh my God! I want that stocked AP! It was just goofy till you pointed out the holster feature......now it's just genius!

I've never had the chance to see any Walther's up close, but these are beautifully made. Very elegant and even the unique and exposed barrel making it look good.

@saxon215

8 жыл бұрын

Really? I dislike the look of the exposed barrel! Each to their own

@Ryhnhart

8 жыл бұрын

Spark Gap I usually do aswell but on this and the Luger they look good. Maybe it's just the sheer familiarity of seeing it.

Great anthology of the P38. Thanks Ian.

WOW! What a collection. Thanks Ian & RIA..

Great video. I had a P38 collection and for a while I carried a Walther P5, which was the last in this development line for this basic design.

My grandpa collects guns and has 3 p38’s. His uncle was in Europe after they took back France and they had a pile of German weapons and they let the soldiers take 1 home. He took home an original p 38 and he lets me shoot it often😀

Ian at the right time at the right place again. Awesome video, thank you again sir. Time to bump up the Patreon amount. :)

@ForgottenWeapons

8 жыл бұрын

+Brian Reddeman Wow, thanks! :)

@brianreddeman951

8 жыл бұрын

+Forgotten Weapons You should check it now :)

@ForgottenWeapons

8 жыл бұрын

+Brian Reddeman I did :)

@thermionic1234567

7 жыл бұрын

Brian Reddeman I thought pistols were illegal for civilians in the ROK?

5:54 the wood used in this gun looks so beautiful

I can't believe how many guns Ian gets to handle that are basically historical artifacts. Any time someone says "this is the only one known in existence" they should follow with "so we are especially lucky today."

i was really hoping for a video like this after i saw all the models listed in the catalogue

Very interesting presentation of the development of the P38! Thank you for doing the research and legwork to put this together. I imagine that must be a neat feeling to hold in your hand the "only known example" of a hand gun. Pretty cool.

That magazine on the stamped gun seems like a pretty major indication of the gun's history. Had it been a late war prototype, they almost certainly would have done the same thing they did with VG rifles and used an existing magazine design, which in this case would have been the normal P.38's mag.

What a collection! Would have liked to see another one of those rotary barrel versions.

What an awesome collection of P-38s.

That 9mm Luger PP is one of the neatest pistols I've ever seen. Pretty sure it wouldn't be much fun to shoot though.

Great video. How nice to have them all together like that.

Thank the Goddess for the ardent collectors. How often can we find, in one place, the full development of such an iconic firearm? Thanks Ian, masterful, as always.

That's a really amazing collection, especially including the one off design concept. I'm a bit of a Waltherphile, though other than a PPK, all my Walthers are newer, much later designs. Though I'd live to own any of these, they're all way beyond my income.

I really love the couple of "development of" videos you've done. Hopefully you can come across more collections like these for awesome videos!

@ForgottenWeapons

8 жыл бұрын

+jagx234 I hope to be able to do the Bergmann and Mannlicher systems later this year...

@jagx234

8 жыл бұрын

+Forgotten Weapons Yes! Now I eagerly await those!

Wonderful historical tutorial,sir. I know I have a book somewhere with all that info,but...way more convenient this way (youtube). I bought an INTERARMS West German Police "trade-in" P-1 in the 1980`s which came with the original extra mag,white leather holster and cleaning kit. Still my favorite handgun (and first!).My pistol was one of the MANURHINs with the Berlin Police markings and corresponding serial numbers. Very accurate-shooting and ergonomic; a true joy to shoot. I highly recommend the P-38/P-1 both for it`s performance and "old school" sinister looks.

So nice looking guns there and thanks for the history lesson on them.

The Luger is still my favorite pistol, but these are really nice too, and probably more functional as a military sidearm if we're being honest. I noticed that the action, at least visually, looks pretty similar to the Mauser 1914. The Germans didn't seem to be as fond of full slides that covered the entire barrel like you see with most American guns, but rather they had an exposed barrel and the ones that did use a slide were partially cut. I personally like the silhouette this creates. Very distinctly German.

The developmental stages of this iconic pistol show the utter brilliance of the designers; likewise this presentation shows the understanding of the presenter. The value of these productions is irrefutable... Keep up the excellent work!

Thank you very much Ian für this very informative video. I just got my permission to buy one of these beautiful pistols. Greetings from Germany.

An outstanding video covering one of my favorite pistol - the P38.

Excellent video. I am going to Yellowstone in a couple weeks and looking forward to stopping by the Cody Museum per another of your videos.

What timing! I just bought a Mauser made P38 this weekend, 1942 all matching and no import marks!

When I was about 10 or 11 I found a plastic P38 at my local model shop. AFAIK it was an accurate part for part replica in plastic. Of course some of the parts including the slide and barrel were supplied in two bookmatched halves. It even had cartridges with primers one had to build. I didn't begin to build it until I had made a few cars and planes and two years went by. I learned more about firearms than cars thanx to my brief model building. Any one have experience leaning about gun mechanics through building models or taking replicas apart. I've not built a model anything since I started making real(not firearms). Seams like a decent way to learn the way guns work without buying thousands of bucks.

@ashleysmith3106

4 жыл бұрын

I still have all the plastic model construction kit pistols I built as a kid! I'm now seventy, been collecting real ones since I was old enough; but still learning thanks to Ian, Othias, Mark and the internet in general. Thanks, guys !

That stocked, long-barreled Walther is absolutely sexy. Reminds me of the Lange Luger/Artillery Luger. Too bad I'm poor.

That was awesome Ian! I wish I had a half-mill. sitting around.

As always Ian, a great piece of factual video, this is one of my favourite hand guns ever, thanks for sharing.

Your videos like this are great. Its interesting to see the development process.

Amazing collection, in regards to the last gun I feel you’re exactly correct, from my best armchair speculation, watching your video about improvised weapons, the magazine was almost always from another gun and they built the rest around that, to also have a unique magazine, it’s hard to believe it’s a late war last ditch effort, but just an early mock-up, because even with their issues late in the war, they could still probably find a production magazine.

@richardtravalini6731

2 жыл бұрын

It's not a late war gun as the war started in 1939 and the P38 started in 1938. But just like the MP38 and MP40 sub machine guns, Germany recognized the need to make things better, faster and cheaper.

I really hope these all stayed together. I hate to see collections broken up.

I'd love to see a modernized p-38, with all the bells and whistles, yet still respecting the aesthetics.

I know a 32 Battalion vet who used a Walhter P38 when he was in Angola. He preferred it over the Star pistols officers were issued.

I never liked the look of the P-38. I never found the long exposed barrel with the shortened slide particularly attractive. I do appreciate the way the gun works and it’s quite reliable. The Beretta M-9 and 92 series guns borrow a lot of the same features and I like those.

Ian, we love you videos! Keep up the good work!

Hi ian, this is my first time comment, I have one of these, it is a 41 made by walther, s/ n reads ac 41 I absolutely love it, always fires, never had a problem I love your work, thanks and be safe, Rick

That prototype is very interesting. Definitely a rare gem.

thank you for showing us these amazing works or art .

Well done and educational. Many thanks!

Beautiful pistols, and an excellent over-view of P38 development. Now if it wasn't for those damn gun laws, a (reinforced) polymer shoulder stock / holster would be a thing. 😒

Ooh crapper!!! what a good story!! thanx again ian, wonderfull story telling!

While I'm not a P-38 fanboy I still found this a fascinating Video. Thank you

I have a walther P1 fantastic handgun probably one of my favorite single stack guns I own

That sheetmetal prototype has an extractor off of a rifle bolt on it, safe money would say its off of a mauser 8mm bolt.

Congratulations for the excellent video and precise explanations

The sheet metal gun is the most fascinating to me. It could well be that this was intended more as a mechanical prototype rather than a functional prototype. Kind of a "let's get this design in three dimensions and see what it all looks like and we can discuss it from there."

Walther Heeres Pistol, with long barrel, with shoulder stock, I like it.

It is always very interesting to see the lineal development of something like this or the 1911, especially when prototypes are so rare, as these are. Great job and a nice find. If you include the Beretta 92 descendant, i suppose one could argue that the P38 and its descendants probably equal more military issue pistols than the 1911- german plus italian plus US M9's. I don't think the 1911 and 1911A1 reached too much over a million, the P38 and 92 and M9 probably have. The P38/P1 was West German issue into the early 80's at least. My P1 had 1979 dates in the slide. As i recall, the Sig 225 came along about 1983-84 as a police pistol to replace the P1 and older PP's and whatever else. Anyway, great video as always. Thank you

as always Ian, top notch.

awesome vid! that's an amazing collection.

As a Walther I found this fascinating

One of the more interesting videos from you- very interesting indeed.

It's great to see how the P38 developed, and how the designer's minds worked.

The pp was one of the best pistols I ever had. Wish I didn't sell. My only complaint about the p38 is it tends to kick the spent casing straight up into your face instead of out to the side.

I love my mp38, nice interesting clip I learned a lot. Thank you

Ian - You are the man.

Wonderful collection !

Looking to buy my first firearm and have been looking at p38s. I just really enjoy ww2 firearms, especially German ones

Cabella's had surplus p-38s post- war a few years back. I picked one up for 350.00 bucks . Solid all around,fun to shoot at the range or for home defense.

Nice.. I don't think I have ever been this early to one of your videos :)

These plus the Walter ppk would be in my dream collection.

Thank you , Ian .

Ian....Thanks ...very interesting...it would be good to show clips ( if you can find them) of production of these weapons.

I have one given to me by a relative. I've always liked the P-38 as it's looks, feel and shooting all seem to say Deutsches Automatische Pistole. If I had to come downstairs in the middle of the night after hearing the thumps, bumps and clatter of the plate being stuffed in a sack this is what would accompany me. I'd bring it as opposed to better choices just so i could say "For you, your criminal career is over. Your hands...UP! (Said with the best of good humour.)

Thanks for the lesson Ian.

great video Ian keep the good work!

It's a bit of a shame it's not one lot at auction. As a whole set these would serve a museum collection very nicely. Thanks for the video! :-)

@ForgottenWeapons

8 жыл бұрын

+NekitaNet Heh...there are very, very few museums that could afford to buy these as a set.