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Happy Birthday To Me
Dec 15^th, 2005 at 11:45pm

Since my birthday is usually a non-event, I decided to celebrate this year (a few days ahead of time) by purchasing a new toy. I've been drooling over this for a couple months now, and finally decided to throw caution to the wind and buy something really nice for myself. May I present the newest addition to my family...

This is a Walther P38 AC43, a 9mm pistol manufactured by Walther Arms in 1943 for Nazi Germany. This is one of approximately 135,000 firearms produced in the AC43 series, and it has a relatively low serial number (2xx4a). It's brother, with Serial Number 1, is a rather infamous pistol that was given to Hitler as a gift.

The Walther P38 was the standard sidearm for all German soldiers and SS members, and this was likely issued to a German footsoldier. It doesn't have an import stamp, which means it probably came back to the United States as a "bringback" weapon grabbed by an American soldier.

In this second picture, you can see the Wehrmacht stamp with "359" stamped below it. This stamp indicates it was manufactured at a factory in Zella-Mehlis, Germany. The center stamp is the standard Nazi firearm proofmark, showing an eagle standing over a swastika. The picture isn't all that great, but the stamps are quite clear.

Here are a few more high resolution shots for your consumption...
http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/WaltherBig1.jpg
http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/WaltherBig2.jpg
http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/WaltherBig3.jpg
http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/WaltherBig4.jpg
http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/WaltherBig5.jpg

-b0b
(...wants to shoot it now!)

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Marie GeekCrew Hax0r Offline Posts: 291 Centreville, Michigan Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #1 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 4:09am You're such a dork. Happy Birthday sir. Enjoy your 22ness. And your firearm. (By the way, I still have one of your sweaters, and since we both know it's a little too big for me and I can wear the thing as a dress, I will drop it off the next time I'm in town, which will be soon, as I have an appointment next week.)
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computerjuvenile GeekCrew Luser Offline Posts: 154 Houghton, Michigan Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #2 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 1:44pm I must wish you a happy 22nd B-day also. [CJ] (..Feels upset because he's the youngest here)
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Stick Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Stick is back Posts: 501 Michgan Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #3 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 2:22pm Happy b-day home slice. Nice pistol, but the pic links aren't working for me. how much did it cost?
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #4 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 2:40pm I paid about $220 for it. I'm going to get it appraised in a few weeks to see what it is worth. -b0b (...fixed the picture links.)
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Marie GeekCrew Hax0r Offline Posts: 291 Centreville, Michigan Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 3:40pm I wish I had as many flutes as you have guns. (Hooray for expensive tubular metal objects!)
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #6 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 4:00pm Guns are so much cooler than flutes. You should buy one. -b0b (...tomato soup.)
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MediaMaster GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline Holy Xenu! Posts: 1884 Detroit Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #7 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 5:21pm Happy Birthday man, can i play with it?
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #8 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 5:43pm Sure, when do you want to go to the range? I've got the next ten days off, so just name the time. -b0b (...w00tsticks.)
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Re: Happy Birthday To Me
Reply #9 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 7:54pm

Trust me, after meeting you and learning about how cool guns are, I would love to own one for self-defense and all of that one of these days. I just didn't put it on my Christmas list this year

I guess I'm just going to have my fun by vicariously living through yours.

Can we shoot clarinets, violins, expensive textbooks, antisocial roommates and mean professors?

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MediaMaster GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline Holy Xenu! Posts: 1884 Detroit Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #10 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 9:47pm im in town saturday, lets do this...
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Vendex GeekCrew n00b Offline Got r00t? Posts: 22 Marcellus, Michigan Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #11 - Dec 17^th, 2005 at 4:09pm So this is the piece of hardware that you have been drooling over at work. Nice looking gun. Have a great 10 DAYS off from work.
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #12 - Dec 17^th, 2005 at 4:26pm Oh, trust me, I will. -b0b (...cackles maniacally.)
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Cait GeekCrew Hax0r Offline Winter is Coming. Giggity. Posts: 380 Pittsburgh, PA Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #13 - Dec 17^th, 2005 at 6:44pm happy late birthday, james. dont shoot your eye out Cait (would be the youngest, "computerjuvenille" )
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Marie GeekCrew Hax0r Offline Posts: 291 Centreville, Michigan Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday To Me Reply #14 - Dec 17^th, 2005 at 9:02pm What's wrong with being young? I'd much rather be the youngest than the wise grandma of the group. (two white hairs and counting...)
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