Hello,
I recently purchased a nice 32 ACP Walther PP that appeared to be a typical police trade in gun. It has a lanyard loop and a CAI import stamp on the frame.
However, the slide doesn't have a loaded chamber indicator and was never machined to accept one. Serial number is in the 409,000 range. The slide is marked with the typical Ulm/Do Made in West Germany markings. The slide does not have a stamped serial number. It is etched inside the slide and matches the frame. Proof mark on the chamber hood indicates 1971.
According to Marschall's book the only slides made this way were for the Danish police. He states that 1,500 were made without a loaded chamber indicator. The gun does not have Danish Police markings. It has a round firing pin.
Is this a rarity, oddity or nothing special?
Thanks.
Scott
I recently purchased a nice 32 ACP Walther PP that appeared to be a typical police trade in gun. It has a lanyard loop and a CAI import stamp on the frame.
However, the slide doesn't have a loaded chamber indicator and was never machined to accept one. Serial number is in the 409,000 range. The slide is marked with the typical Ulm/Do Made in West Germany markings. The slide does not have a stamped serial number. It is etched inside the slide and matches the frame. Proof mark on the chamber hood indicates 1971.
According to Marschall's book the only slides made this way were for the Danish police. He states that 1,500 were made without a loaded chamber indicator. The gun does not have Danish Police markings. It has a round firing pin.
Is this a rarity, oddity or nothing special?
Thanks.
Scott