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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 05-05-2013, 08:30 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 335
Posted By SSMN
Re: Wather PPK, serial # 414517K

I have compared your magazine base numbers with others in my files and I believe that I can state with certainty that they are legitimate. Great closeup photos. You have a last variation, late war SS...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 04-14-2013, 01:51 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 512
Posted By SSMN
Re: Pre-WW2 Bank Walther PPK

Hi Ron,
Yes it is, but I expect it to be out of print within the year. You may contact me at glenmoreresort@earthlink.net for ordering information.
Steve
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 04-14-2013, 07:25 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 512
Posted By SSMN
Re: Pre-WW2 Bank Walther PPK

Ron,
Just a quick note. The Reich Finance Admin guns, so marked on the front grip strap and the Reichsbank guns, with painted sights, pantographed serial number applied vertically on the slide and...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 04-13-2013, 09:38 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 512
Posted By SSMN
Re: Pre-WW2 Bank Walther PPK

Well Val,
This really is not my area of expertise. As you said, the known Reichsbank contract for PPK's puts them out of the factory ten years earlier than this gun. But still, it looks good in...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 04-13-2013, 07:30 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 512
Posted By SSMN
Re: Pre-WW2 Bank Walther PPK

Most were much earlier as Valbehaved said. Although it looks good. Pantograph, etc. Here's a funny photo of the Reichsbank employees practicing with their PPK's. Would not have wanted to be the front...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-23-2013, 09:08 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 277
Posted By SSMN
Re: WW11 PPK Holster Confusion

Albrecht
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 10-06-2012, 07:27 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 598
Posted By SSMN
Re: walter ppk info???

You might need to use an artificial light, turn the slide to just the right angle in order to find them. You might be looking right at them and not recognize them. The attached exanple will give you...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 10-05-2012, 09:51 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 598
Posted By SSMN
Re: walter ppk info???

You will need to find the last three digits of the serial number inscribed inside the slide to confirm that the frame and slide belong together as manufactured.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 03-31-2012, 07:36 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 544
Posted By SSMN
Re: Walther RFV PP Grips

The original material was called "Trolit" or "Trolitan". Yours are post war East German production.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 03-12-2012, 03:13 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 5,960
Posted By SSMN
Re: WW2 Walther PPK w/Swastika Grip

dhimarshall@gmx.de
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 03-09-2012, 01:38 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 510
Posted By SSMN
Re: Walther PPK # 834178

Rare variant and a pretty nice example. The holster probably was paired with a late war PPK at one time. Still and all a great keepsake.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 03-09-2012, 11:59 AM
Replies: 171
Views: 66,522
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Walther PPK Value

Danny,
Speaking of pics, please post pics of the "NSDAP follwed by the concentration's camp name" gun.
I'm always willing to learn.
Thanks
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 03-07-2012, 03:28 PM
Replies: 171
Views: 66,522
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Walther PPK Value

I'm sorry, I don't really understand. All RZM marked PPKs went to NSDAP members.
I also do not understand the comment regarding a concentration camp name.
Please forgive my ignorance.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 03-06-2012, 06:29 AM
Replies: 171
Views: 66,522
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Walther PPK Value

I assume you're referring to RZM? Near the top of the list. Rare and the favorite of many.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 03-05-2012, 11:09 PM
Replies: 171
Views: 66,522
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Walther PPK Value

I have all six SS PPK issue variations on the list (there are an equal number of SS PP variations). Good catch on the DRP and the Luftwaffe, those are well known variations. I'm sure there are more,...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 03-05-2012, 03:41 PM
Replies: 171
Views: 66,522
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Walther PPK Value

wonderwhippet,
I know that I may be getting picky here, but I don't think that you intended to say things quite the way that they came out in your last post of this thread. For the sake of new...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 02-29-2012, 05:00 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 5,960
Posted By SSMN
Re: WW2 Walther PPK w/Swastika Grip

Sixty degree safety. 1937 production. Also SS issue.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 02-29-2012, 04:53 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 5,960
Posted By SSMN
Re: WW2 Walther PPK w/Swastika Grip

Lanrezak,
Yes, the gun posted has a ninety degree safety. I will post pics of the sixty.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 02-29-2012, 01:20 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 5,960
Posted By SSMN
Re: WW2 Walther PPK w/Swastika Grip

Hard to tell without a full serial number, but if the first three numbers are 9007, then this gun is approx 1935 production. There were no black grips provided on PPKs until late in the war. Early...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 02-16-2012, 04:44 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,866
Posted By SSMN
Re: Walther pp 7.65mm

Walther chose to designate the caliber exactly as the original poster noted it.
Actually they called it "7,65 m/m"
Postwar, they dropped the slash and it became "7,65mm.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 02-15-2012, 10:07 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 757
Posted By SSMN
Re: Information and Value of my Walther PPK

It has been polished and reblued. Refer to Valbehaved's numbers.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 02-10-2012, 07:06 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 513
Posted By SSMN
Re: PPK etched serial #

Large numbers of slides and frames went into the bluing tank together.
As a final step prior to bluing, slides and frames were hand fitted, filed etc. and polished. After that fitting slides and...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 02-09-2012, 10:06 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 513
Posted By SSMN
Re: PPK etched serial #

More information and photos.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-26-2012, 10:29 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,171
Posted By SSMN
Re: P38 Walther with nazi insignia found in wall of old house

Lanrezac,
Berlin-Spandau plant was basically the headquarters for the Spreewerk (no E) but actual production of the P38 was at a plant in Grottau which is now the Czech Republic.
A great book...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-26-2012, 10:04 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,171
Posted By SSMN
Re: P38 Walther with nazi insignia found in wall of old house

WSAS,
You are wrong. There were NO Spreewerk P38s made in Berlin. They were made in Grottau. Now Czech Republic.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-26-2012, 01:07 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,171
Posted By SSMN
Re: P38 Walther with nazi insignia found in wall of old house

Spreework P38s were not made in Berlin. They were made in Sudetenland.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-24-2012, 08:48 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,382
Posted By SSMN
Re: ss ppk

Jim,
The problem with hand stamping a serial number or any other type proof etc is that the human hand is not in my opinion capable of doing it reliably, time after time straight, even and of the...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-24-2012, 02:07 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,382
Posted By SSMN
Re: ss ppk

Alpo,
You are correct. The SS issue guns were issued with two magazines and numbered as primary or secondary. Here is an index card for the issue of a PPK to an SS Lieutenant issued January 23, 1942...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-24-2012, 12:12 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,382
Posted By SSMN
Re: ss ppk

Alpo,
When you do a lot of research in a rather esoteric areas like this, it is easy to forget that not everyone understands brief comments made without explanation. I apologize for that. The...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-23-2012, 10:35 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,382
Posted By SSMN
Re: ss ppk

Jim,
The quick and easy answer to your first question would be that had these early guns been collected and shipped back to the factory, they would have been done much better.
There are 37 RZM...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-23-2012, 09:14 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,382
Posted By SSMN
Re: ss ppk

A little more.
These variations (and similar PP variations) have been identified over a period of decades by a variety of individuals in this country and Europe. Books have been written and hundreds...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-23-2012, 09:04 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,382
Posted By SSMN
Re: ss ppk

There are six variations of PPKs issued by the SS/RSHA.
The first variation is called the "RZM Muzzle Marked"
These are found in a serial number range from 839 XXX to841 XXX.
As you can see, this...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-23-2012, 06:20 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,382
Posted By SSMN
Re: ss ppk

Rob,
Your gun is authentic SS Issue and one of the most rare variations. The magazine is also legit but from a different PPK.

In it's condition, it will not bring top dollar, but still a rare gun.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-19-2012, 08:28 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 637
Posted By SSMN
Re: Walther PP

1944 Production. Hard to tell actual condition from the bad pics. It has a police acceptance mark on the left side behind the trigger. The mark is an Eagle/F
Late war wood grips.
Likely worth...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-15-2012, 08:34 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 960
Posted By SSMN
Re: Emil Kerner SXS

Another view. If no information, then enjoy the beauty of an old gun.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-14-2012, 08:13 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 960
Posted By SSMN
Re: Emil Kerner SXS

The last photos.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-14-2012, 08:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 960
Posted By SSMN
Re: Emil Kerner SXS

And more. Difficult to photograph the engraving. Left side sidelock has rabbits with pheasants forward of that on the receiver.
The right side has a fox at the rear on the sidelock with a flushing...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-14-2012, 08:06 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 960
Posted By SSMN
Re: Emil Kerner SXS

More photos.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-14-2012, 08:05 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 960
Posted By SSMN
Emil Kerner SXS

I have a nice old sidelock shotgun but know very little about it. I have had it since 1975 but it has been in my family since being brought back from Germany in 1945. It is nice and light, a little...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-14-2012, 03:16 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,465
Posted By SSMN
Re: Basic Training M-1 vs M-16

I was living in Chicago and also went to Ft. Leonard Wood for basic. For me, the year was 1965. We were issued M-14s. Never saw an M-1 or an M-16 during my time there. But after basic, during AIT and...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-10-2012, 07:27 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 430
Posted By SSMN
Re: Walther ppk 7.65

No, the barrel is a separate unit pressed in and pinned. It can be replaced. That is why it has a separate proof. Frame, slide and barrel are each proofed.
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 01-10-2012, 06:57 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 430
Posted By SSMN
Re: Walther ppk 7.65

1941 Wartime production. On the left side of the slide it should say "Zella-Mehlis Thur"
The Eagle/C should be on the left side of the frame behind the trigger signfying police acceptance. The proof...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-08-2012, 10:59 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 633
Posted By SSMN
Re: Head of the Gestapo becomes an American General

An interesting read, but it seeems to combine paranoia with facts.
The author also wrote among others, "Regicide"...the true story of the government coverup of the Kennedy Assassination. Who was...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-06-2012, 07:19 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 970
Posted By SSMN
Re: Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle

Thank you. I enjoyed that. Need to find the book.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-18-2011, 06:20 PM
Replies: 260
Views: 24,661
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Photos and Documents

Steve,
Please feel free to do so. Here is more information about Rhula and Thiel. Also a photo of machines produced by Thiel, some of which no doubt were utilized in the manufacture of Walthers just...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-18-2011, 05:20 PM
Replies: 260
Views: 24,661
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Photos and Documents

Holster markings
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-18-2011, 05:15 PM
Replies: 260
Views: 24,661
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Photos and Documents

There is a point to all this. The factory utilized forced foreign labor during the war (as did Walther and other arms manufacturers) and so had guards throughout their factories.

Documents still...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-18-2011, 05:04 PM
Replies: 260
Views: 24,661
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Photos and Documents

This is one of their deadly fuzes and an example of their prewar products. Also, their company logo.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-18-2011, 04:58 PM
Replies: 260
Views: 24,661
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Photos and Documents

The name of this watch/fuze making factory was Gebruder Thiel (Thiel Brothers)
Photos of their factory.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-18-2011, 04:55 PM
Replies: 260
Views: 24,661
Posted By SSMN
Re: WWII Photos and Documents

Steve (geds),
In your recently posted thread of great WWII photos from your grandfather, you mentioned that his unit captured the town of Rhula on April 8, 1945.
While my Uncle and the 11th Armored...
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