Tiger 2 Tank
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Hello,
I wanted to show this late PP off. According to the late PP serial number data list for these late ones, this one is around the last two hundred of them. Mostly in the white, aluminum early, unnumbered frame. No proofs. Only markings are the slide serial number and a couple of hidden numbers on the aluminum under the grip.
I stumbled across her on gunbroker accidentally searching an odd way for late war stuff. I believe the dealer had been shooting it as he said it functions well, but the magazine needed the floor plate replaced.
The magazine that came with it, to me, looked odd. It seemed to be an early Walther banner PP mag with a broken plastic extended finger floor plate. The floor plate retaining plate was missing and it had small witness holes perfectly spaced. So, I put the mag up for discussion trying to figure out what it was. Tom Whitman (Legacy Collectibles) came through and identified it. It’s an early PP mag, originally for the rare PP 6,35 pistols without the model 8 insert. If you look at this rarer mag, you can see that it was probably in the reject bin as the spine area looks to be wrinkled a little. Walther didn’t throw it away, and at the end, a G.I., or Polish worker used it for this pistol. I had to replace the broken extended finger floor plate for an early flat floor plate, and added an early floor plate retainer plate to make it functional again. Looks good I think.
Another thing I had to do was replace the mag release switch spring with one that works. It was crushed and had to be replaced. Now it works perfectly.
The safety/hammer release switch does not function as it should. It’s an earlier, more high polish switch that does not drop the hammer. It does the safety function okay though. The little plungers that are holding the extractor and safety switch are a little off in dimensions. They are close, but not exact. The spring between them was a little too short, so I replaced the spring with a correct one. The safety switch originally basically just held in place and had no tension at all in moving it-very sloppy. The extractor had no tension on it either hardly, and could be moved way too easily. The replaced spring now puts tension on the safety switch and extractor as it should.
The firing pin spring’s dimension is a little wider than a normal one. It’s very hard to take it in and out of the firing pin channel. I didn’t replace the spring as it was what was in there and doesn’t seem to hurt anything keeping that one.
The aluminum frame is an earlier one. I wonder if it was a rejected one? It has a bulge in right frame, just under the magazine release switch.
The pistol has a gray phosphate hammer installed, blued rear sight, blued trigger guard, plum colored trigger, phosphate trigger bar. Bore is really nice.
I had a parted out, late blank slide, ac PP where the springs came from, so I didn’t change too much history I don’t think. The magazine just had to be fixed as I couldn’t leave it like it was. I still have these parts and they will remain with the gun for as long as I have it.
It’s a really neat late war pistol. One of the last….
I wanted to show this late PP off. According to the late PP serial number data list for these late ones, this one is around the last two hundred of them. Mostly in the white, aluminum early, unnumbered frame. No proofs. Only markings are the slide serial number and a couple of hidden numbers on the aluminum under the grip.
I stumbled across her on gunbroker accidentally searching an odd way for late war stuff. I believe the dealer had been shooting it as he said it functions well, but the magazine needed the floor plate replaced.
The magazine that came with it, to me, looked odd. It seemed to be an early Walther banner PP mag with a broken plastic extended finger floor plate. The floor plate retaining plate was missing and it had small witness holes perfectly spaced. So, I put the mag up for discussion trying to figure out what it was. Tom Whitman (Legacy Collectibles) came through and identified it. It’s an early PP mag, originally for the rare PP 6,35 pistols without the model 8 insert. If you look at this rarer mag, you can see that it was probably in the reject bin as the spine area looks to be wrinkled a little. Walther didn’t throw it away, and at the end, a G.I., or Polish worker used it for this pistol. I had to replace the broken extended finger floor plate for an early flat floor plate, and added an early floor plate retainer plate to make it functional again. Looks good I think.
Another thing I had to do was replace the mag release switch spring with one that works. It was crushed and had to be replaced. Now it works perfectly.
The safety/hammer release switch does not function as it should. It’s an earlier, more high polish switch that does not drop the hammer. It does the safety function okay though. The little plungers that are holding the extractor and safety switch are a little off in dimensions. They are close, but not exact. The spring between them was a little too short, so I replaced the spring with a correct one. The safety switch originally basically just held in place and had no tension at all in moving it-very sloppy. The extractor had no tension on it either hardly, and could be moved way too easily. The replaced spring now puts tension on the safety switch and extractor as it should.
The firing pin spring’s dimension is a little wider than a normal one. It’s very hard to take it in and out of the firing pin channel. I didn’t replace the spring as it was what was in there and doesn’t seem to hurt anything keeping that one.
The aluminum frame is an earlier one. I wonder if it was a rejected one? It has a bulge in right frame, just under the magazine release switch.
The pistol has a gray phosphate hammer installed, blued rear sight, blued trigger guard, plum colored trigger, phosphate trigger bar. Bore is really nice.
I had a parted out, late blank slide, ac PP where the springs came from, so I didn’t change too much history I don’t think. The magazine just had to be fixed as I couldn’t leave it like it was. I still have these parts and they will remain with the gun for as long as I have it.
It’s a really neat late war pistol. One of the last….
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