Grandfathers Gun

DrRollinstein

DrRollinstein

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Hello all, let me preface this by saying I'm not really a gun guy. I've wanted to get into them for a while, huge fan of revolvers, but just never went out of my way to get started. Actually fired my first few guns today. To the point, this started a week ago when my grandmother told me she found two of my grandfathers handguns, which I had no clue he had.

The first is a .22 High standard sentinel deluxe revolver. I got it from her over a week ago and have done a good bit of research and fired it by now. Love it, love revolvers, etc.

The second one I just found out about today, and the main reason I started this thread. It was apparently his gun for when he went night fishing(He was a fisherman for a good 70 years, dont get me started on the amount of fishing stuff we still have left). It appears to be a Czech pistol from around the WW2 era. Just thought I'd share this neat little gun and maybe gather some more info on it


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We also arent entirely sure where he got it, but he apparently has had it forever. He was born in 1941, so it could have been handed down from his father for all I know.
 
I believe this is a Cz 38 also known as Cz 38 – P.39(t), developed for the Czech army, blowback double action with tipping barrel and external hammer, .380 auto AKA 9mm Short, 45,000 built, some under German occupation for the Wehrmacht which ultimately decided not to issue them as substitute standard. Interesting historical artifact! As with anything built in Europe in that era, have a gunsmith check it out before firing. Even without Wehrmacht proof marks, if built under German occupation, some workers would risk their lives to sabotage production.
 
Piso Mojado said:
I believe this is a Cz 38 also known as Cz 38 – P.39(t), developed for the Czech army, blowback double action with tipping barrel and external hammer, .380 auto AKA 9mm Short, 45,000 built, some under German occupation for the Wehrmacht which ultimately decided not to issue them as substitute standard. Interesting historical artifact! As with anything built in Europe in that era, have a gunsmith check it out before firing. Even without Wehrmacht proof marks, if built under German occupation, some workers would risk their lives to sabotage production.
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Will do! Appreciate the info. My grandpa used it when he went out fishing and had owned it for probably over 50 years, so I'm assuming it wasnt sabotaged but im going to get it checked out anyways.
 
Neat gun. Pretty cool piece of history. The family connection. It’s the whole package. Just awesome!
 
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