German Quality At Its Best - The Firearms Forum

Danny · 10-09-2005, 11:04 PM

Its Great To Be A Member,and get a compliment on your feet.LOL.Heres a Few of my German goodies........................................Danny

Danny · 10-09-2005, 11:11 PM

And here are just several more.I also have all the correct mags and leather for these.I may start to sell in a few years.Does anyone want to be put on the waiting list?
Best Wishes:
Danny

Xracer · 10-10-2005, 08:22 AM

Geez Danny. Why don'tcha start collecting Kraut guns!

That's a really nice collection. Wish I had just a few of 'em.

I've always had a love/hate feeling about P08s........sorta like collecting British cars (especially Jaguars).....total pieces of s***, but beautiful and impossible to resist!

Danny · 10-10-2005, 10:30 AM

Yes I,m like you in away.I really like my Walthers better.The Luger is nice looking but is a very dangerous pistol to carry,as the safety bar can jar itself down and it does not take much pressure to set the sear off.Remember Band of Brothers?I,m sure its happened alot.Thanks for the compliment.
Kind Regards
Danny

SouthernMoss · 10-10-2005, 04:48 PM

Nice collection!

Danny · 10-12-2005, 01:11 AM

Thank you very much Moss.

Danny

stash247 · 10-12-2005, 03:23 AM

Danny, if the Sauer M-38, or the HSC ever should displease you, I'd seriously consider adopting your dis-inherited children!
The pre war Sauer is especially interesting, out of design; the Mauser, because most that came here were in 9mmK.
Share your knowledge with the list, of the design and features of the Sauer, all will appreciate, I'm sure!
Nice collection, all! Terry

Shooter45 · 10-12-2005, 06:34 AM

Nice collection Danny.

Danny · 10-12-2005, 02:42 PM

Hi Guys:
Thank all of you for the response to my collection and I'm sorry the pics are so big,but I'm new here.I belong to a bunch of forums and they all have different formats for posting pics.Soon I hope I will learn the correct procedure.
Heres the run down on the handguns.The 2 pps are a 1936 and 1938 22cal.The ppk,s are in order as follows 1932 boxed,1933,1934 RZM and the last is a 1935.The pic with the 1943 BYF P38 has a 1940 JP Sauer 38H.This is one of the first police and E/N proofed handguns.The HSc is around 1943 production.The Lugers are a 1941BYF pictured with a 1920 30cal shooter.The artillery is mated in the pic with my prized 1906 1st issue altered Navy.The other two with the grip safetys are 1906 American Eagles in both 30 and 9mm cal.
I have all the matching mags and leather for these,except the AE,s.As I stated somewhere,maybe in the future I will start to sell off part of my collection.I'm going to leave my son the boxed PPK and thats all as he does not respect the historical value of these items and if he needed some extra cash I'm afraid they would end up in a pawn shop or sold to cheap.Anyway thanks a whole lot.From the threads I've read here on the forum all of you seem like real nice gentlemen and look forward to discuss any topic with.
Kind Regards
Danny

pickenup · 10-12-2005, 06:59 PM

Nice mass of metal you have there.

islenos · 10-17-2005, 11:14 AM

Sehr Nett

Walther1963 · 07-14-2007, 02:01 PM

I need ifo on a Tom ...... That specializes in p38 parts? an address would be helpfull as well as a tel. #

Pistolenschutze · 07-14-2007, 04:40 PM

Beautiful weapons there, Danny! I too am a great fan of the German-made pistols and rifles, though I don't have anything like what you show in the pics, just a few Mauser rifles.

polishshooter · 07-16-2007, 08:38 AM

GREAT collection, Danny, I always appreciate "specialization" and passion in a collector....

....though it's just too bad they never fought on a side that actually WON a war...

Pistolenschutze · 07-16-2007, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polishshooter

....though it's just too bad they never fought on a side that actually WON a war...

Now Polish, the intrinsic quality of the firearms Germany produced had very little to do with winning or losing the World Wars. One might easily argue as well that unless their firearms were truly world class, how could Germany (a nation of roughly 65 million people) have survived as long as it did fighting the combined forces of Britain, France, the United States and Russia? I mean, after all, the Russians were on the winning side and all they had to use were Mosin Nagants!

Sarge · 07-17-2007, 02:58 AM

You have a very nice collection of WW 2 German pistols.

I sold all of my Walthers many years ago but 2 - PP & PPK, both 9mmK bottom mag release. Used to have about 15 or 20 but they got in the way of my growing P.38 collection and had to go. Only so much wall space

All I see I want is the Flieger/Fallschirmjäger Messer.

Here is a photo of my "best" P.38, a 30 Luger single action from the vet in 1968.
Sarge

denny 714 · 10-07-2010, 08:04 PM

Just beautiful, Danny, "Congats"!

BETH · 10-07-2010, 08:58 PM

Beautiful collection-wow

gdmoody · 10-08-2010, 12:04 AM

I must agree with all of the comments, a truly beautiful collection. I want them all!

3/2 STA SS · 10-08-2010, 11:20 AM

Nice gravity knife too-german steel is some of the worlds finest.

Jim K · 10-08-2010, 01:39 PM

Some of that "German craftsmanship" hurt them in WWII. Almost up to the very end they stuck with the system of parts inspection and marking, pre-assembly, fitting and parts numbering, all methods of an earlier day. Who knows how many millions of man hours went into stamping microscopic inspector's marks on tiny parts or into assemblers marking each part to match the serial number. The whole thing was so completely absurd because their tooling, some of the best in the world, really did produce fully interchangeable parts, which still had to be inspected, marked, hand assembled, numbered, disassembled, finished, then reassembled because the 18th century rules said to do it that way.

Jim

reinhard · 10-08-2010, 04:05 PM

fantastic collection of german wartime guns

10-09-2005, 11:04 PM	#1
Danny Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Va Contributor Posts: 594	German Quality At Its Best Its Great To Be A Member,and get a compliment on your feet.LOL.Heres a Few of my German goodies........................................Danny Attached Images -->

10-09-2005, 11:11 PM	#2
Danny Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Va Contributor Posts: 594	Re: German Quality At Its Best And here are just several more.I also have all the correct mags and leather for these.I may start to sell in a few years.Does anyone want to be put on the waiting list? Best Wishes: Danny Attached Images

10-10-2005, 08:22 AM	#3
Xracer TFF Admin Staff Mediator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Minn-eeee-sota, ya, sure, you bet! Posts: 9,144	Re: German Quality At Its Best Geez Danny. Why don'tcha start collecting Kraut guns! That's a really nice collection. Wish I had just a few of 'em. I've always had a love/hate feeling about P08s........sorta like collecting British cars (especially Jaguars).....total pieces of s***, but beautiful and impossible to resist!

10-10-2005, 10:30 AM	#4
Danny Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Va Contributor Posts: 594	Re: German Quality At Its Best Yes I,m like you in away.I really like my Walthers better.The Luger is nice looking but is a very dangerous pistol to carry,as the safety bar can jar itself down and it does not take much pressure to set the sear off.Remember Band of Brothers?I,m sure its happened alot.Thanks for the compliment. Kind Regards Danny

10-10-2005, 04:48 PM	#5
SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	Re: German Quality At Its Best Nice collection! __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony

10-12-2005, 01:11 AM	#6
Danny Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Va Contributor Posts: 594	Re: German Quality At Its Best Thank you very much Moss. Danny

10-12-2005, 03:23 AM	#7
stash247 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Texas Posts: 2,815	Re: German Quality At Its Best Danny, if the Sauer M-38, or the HSC ever should displease you, I'd seriously consider adopting your dis-inherited children! The pre war Sauer is especially interesting, out of design; the Mauser, because most that came here were in 9mmK. Share your knowledge with the list, of the design and features of the Sauer, all will appreciate, I'm sure! Nice collection, all! Terry __________________ Don't start no s**t and there won't be none, Terry

10-12-2005, 06:34 AM	#8
Shooter45 Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Contributor Posts: 8,749	Re: German Quality At Its Best Nice collection Danny.

10-12-2005, 02:42 PM	#9
Danny Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Va Contributor Posts: 594	Re: German Quality At Its Best Hi Guys: Thank all of you for the response to my collection and I'm sorry the pics are so big,but I'm new here.I belong to a bunch of forums and they all have different formats for posting pics.Soon I hope I will learn the correct procedure. Heres the run down on the handguns.The 2 pps are a 1936 and 1938 22cal.The ppk,s are in order as follows 1932 boxed,1933,1934 RZM and the last is a 1935.The pic with the 1943 BYF P38 has a 1940 JP Sauer 38H.This is one of the first police and E/N proofed handguns.The HSc is around 1943 production.The Lugers are a 1941BYF pictured with a 1920 30cal shooter.The artillery is mated in the pic with my prized 1906 1st issue altered Navy.The other two with the grip safetys are 1906 American Eagles in both 30 and 9mm cal. I have all the matching mags and leather for these,except the AE,s.As I stated somewhere,maybe in the future I will start to sell off part of my collection.I'm going to leave my son the boxed PPK and thats all as he does not respect the historical value of these items and if he needed some extra cash I'm afraid they would end up in a pawn shop or sold to cheap.Anyway thanks a whole lot.From the threads I've read here on the forum all of you seem like real nice gentlemen and look forward to discuss any topic with. Kind Regards Danny

10-12-2005, 06:59 PM	#10
pickenup Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 6,837	Re: German Quality At Its Best Nice mass of metal you have there. __________________ The gene pool needs chlorine

10-17-2005, 11:14 AM	#11
islenos Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,244	Re: German Quality At Its Best Sehr Nett

07-14-2007, 02:01 PM	#12
Walther1963 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1	Re: German Quality At Its Best I need ifo on a Tom ...... That specializes in p38 parts? an address would be helpfull as well as a tel. # __________________ TC "Der" " Waffen" "Sammler"

07-14-2007, 04:40 PM	#13
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: German Quality At Its Best Beautiful weapons there, Danny! I too am a great fan of the German-made pistols and rifles, though I don't have anything like what you show in the pics, just a few Mauser rifles. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

07-16-2007, 08:38 AM	#14
polishshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 7,859	Re: German Quality At Its Best GREAT collection, Danny, I always appreciate "specialization" and passion in a collector.... ....though it's just too bad they never fought on a side that actually WON a war... __________________ The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

07-17-2007, 02:58 AM	#16
Sarge Former Guest Join Date: May 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 69	Re: German Quality At Its Best You have a very nice collection of WW 2 German pistols. I sold all of my Walthers many years ago but 2 - PP & PPK, both 9mmK bottom mag release. Used to have about 15 or 20 but they got in the way of my growing P.38 collection and had to go. Only so much wall space All I see I want is the Flieger/Fallschirmjäger Messer. Here is a photo of my "best" P.38, a 30 Luger single action from the vet in 1968. Sarge Attached Images

10-07-2010, 08:04 PM	#17
denny 714 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 224	Re: German Quality At Its Best Just beautiful, Danny, "Congats"!

10-07-2010, 08:58 PM	#18
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,666	Re: German Quality At Its Best Beautiful collection-wow

10-08-2010, 12:04 AM	#19
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,310	Re: German Quality At Its Best I must agree with all of the comments, a truly beautiful collection. I want them all! __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

10-08-2010, 11:20 AM	#20
3/2 STA SS Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL Posts: 1,435	Re: German Quality At Its Best Nice gravity knife too-german steel is some of the worlds finest.

10-08-2010, 01:39 PM	#21
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: German Quality At Its Best Some of that "German craftsmanship" hurt them in WWII. Almost up to the very end they stuck with the system of parts inspection and marking, pre-assembly, fitting and parts numbering, all methods of an earlier day. Who knows how many millions of man hours went into stamping microscopic inspector's marks on tiny parts or into assemblers marking each part to match the serial number. The whole thing was so completely absurd because their tooling, some of the best in the world, really did produce fully interchangeable parts, which still had to be inspected, marked, hand assembled, numbered, disassembled, finished, then reassembled because the 18th century rules said to do it that way. Jim

10-08-2010, 04:05 PM	#22
reinhard V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 202	Re: German Quality At Its Best fantastic collection of german wartime guns