P.38 Tip for Michael

[Majer]

Now Snake I wouldn't bet on hillery scoring all that well on an IQ test...I mean she did marry bill... 

[texcaliber]

Guess what? Last time I checked, this was still America. I don't HAVE to lke the Glock, I don't have to shoot one, I don't have to own one.

Guess what else? Hillary Clinton's got more money than The Lovely Mrs. Snake. Got more important, powerful friends. Prolly would outscore her on the SATs or an IQ test. Good chance she's gonna be the next POTUS. On paper, Hillary outscaore TLMS 'bout every way you can quantify. Guess which one I'd rather go crawl in bed with right now? 

Well put Snake, when you put it like that i agree 100%. As a matter-o-fact I would switch teams before I took hillary.

[Gipper]

Snake45, can you give detail as to how to set up the P38 for cocked and locked and how the gun then works.
Many thanks.

I tried to send you a message but I don't think it sent it.

[Trevor]

The P-38 does have a lot of romance and history attached to it.  It did enjoy a brief vogue in the U.S. in the 1960s.  For instance, in the TV show The Man From UNCLE, Napoleon Solo carried a P-38, which included a carbine kit with a detachable shoulder stock and extended magazine.  Also, in the 1974 novel by Robert Stone, Dog Soldiers, the narrator tells readers that the villain carries a Walther 9mm, the “choice of the counterculture.”  Although not directly identified as the P-38, it is safe to infer he means this pistol because the late, great Sam Cummings, under the moniker Interarms, imported commercial versions of the P-38 for at least 20 years.  They were readily available at retailers along with other European imports such as the HK4, VP70, Astra Constable, and various offerings from Star.  Now that the German Police imports (P-1) are available, who can resist getting a piece of history while they last?  My only concern would be finding parts.  I have had bad luck with orphan guns in terms of getting parts.  How is the situation for the P-38/P-1?

[warhawke]

And the Tupperware Kool-aid drinkers ooze out of the woodwork.

Glock's are like Bic lighters, cheap, disposable, ugly and plastic. Will they start a fire, sure. Is a Zippo a bigger PITA to deal with, sure. Is a Bic BETTER than a zippo, NO, just different. Glocks SUK! Bics SUK! Is that a law of nature? No, just my opinion, feel free to have a different one but I demand the same right.

The P-38 is a fine weapon because it does what it was designed to do, spit bullets. There are better weapons on the planet, but that is neither here-nor-there, it works. If you don't like it, don't buy one, but don't sit there trying to harsh my mellow with your siren-song of "There is no pistol but Glock and Gaston is it's prophet" it is BS. Go away and drink your Kool-aid elsewhere kid ya bother me.

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[Michael Bane]

I'm really fascinated with the idea of seeing how a P-38 style gun works in the current real World...I bought a bunch of spare magazines for my P-1, and I have Brian Hoffner making me an IDPA-legal holster. My thinking is that IDPA gives me a platform to test the gun a bit and see if I'm totally full of bat dookey (not impossible).

The one absolute plus I'll give Glocks is one bought to my attention by Walt Rauch, who noticed that he had less trouble traveling with a Glock than any other type gun...TSA sorts in airports are used to seeing Glocks and probably on a subconscious level associate them with cops. I've actually heard airport screeners say, "Oh, just another Glock."

I like Sigs, but they're pricey...I still think the P-6/225 (sort of the ultimate evolution of the P-38 platform) is one of the best of the litter. I like the P250, but it's an unproven platform. If I had to pick a striker-fired gun at this point, I'd take my chances with the Ruger SR9...thin and easier to conceal, manual safety, shoots like a house afire. I'm scheduled for the GUNSITE 250 class with the Ruger in mid-February, so I'll have more Real World date on it then...

Michael B

PS: Snake is right...you don't HAVE to like Glocks!

 

[Hazcat]

Here's your P225/P6  $370.00

http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/Sig_Sauer_P225_P6_9mm_Pistol.html

[ismram]

Nice WARHAWKE! This tupperware guy doesn't know what a real gun is. The p38 is a fine weapon! The Hi Power is junk,  What's next? The 1911 is overrated, J. M. Browning was a hack! The only reason that there is so many Glock lovers out there is Police dept's needed cheap guns for cops that aren't smart enought to carry cocked and locked. I guess he is too!!!!!!

[Bill Stryker]

Here is my two cents.

I like the P1/P38. Both the ones I have had have been good shooters and very accurate by my standards.  I have liked the Browning HP for years. I had a preWWII one for a while and I wish I had it back. It was very accurate as well. Both the HP and the P1 fit my hand very well. And, while they are very different guns, I think they hang nicely.

If I had to choose one pistol at the moment. I would probably take the SIG 220R or the XD45. I still like the 1911 but I have moved on to the DA side. I am glad I don't have to choose.