OFFERED WALTHER MODEL 88 CAL.9MM KURZ .380 ACP PISTOL WITH ONE WALTHER MAGAZINE. NO BOX.
PISTOL MADE IN WEST GERMANY .
AMAZING CONDITION, DONT THINK PISTOL WAS REFINISHED , LOOKS ALL ORIGINAL FINISH .
CHAT SAYING THAT GUN MOST LIKE LY 1986-87.
Based on the serial number 703700 and the fact that it’s a German Walther PP imported by C.A.I., your pistol is almost certainly a late-1980s gun, very likely around 1986–1987.
Why that year range?
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Manurhin contract ended at 700,000
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Post-war PP production was done by Manurhin in France under license until the mid-1980s.
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Collector research shows the Manurhin PP contract ended in 1986 at serial number 700,000, and that all PPs with serial numbers 700,001 and higher were then produced by Walther in Ulm, West Germany. Walther Forums+1
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Your serial 703700 is just above that cutoff
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Since your pistol is 703700, it falls very early in that new Ulm-made block (700,001+).
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That places it right after Walther took PP production back in-house, so mid- to late-1980s, with 1986–1987 being the most likely range. S&W Forum+1
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German proof/date marking can give the exact year
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West German proof houses usually stamped the 2-digit year next to the proof mark (often the Ulm “antler” mark) on the barrel/chamber area TWO DIGITS ACTUALY SHOW ( I I ) ROMAN TWO.
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