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Thread ID: 17039 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2005-03-01
2005-03-01 13:39 | User Profile
I'm looking for something along the lines of heirloom quality firearms that maybe actually fired more than occasionally. A friend suggested I look at these two pieces. They're not quite as common as the other Walthers. A P88 NIB turned up for $1800. A slightly used P5 with 4 magazines priced @ $1200
Anybody have any info on the reliability and accuracy of these pieces? Or despite whatever merits these two pistols might possess, are they really priced as collector's pieces?
2005-03-14 22:45 | User Profile
Oklahomaman,
I am not a gun expert, but they seem like good guns I do not recall reading anything bad about the Walthers. That seems like pretty high price. If you want it for shooting, something like a Walther P38 or Browning Hi-power would be less costly or even a good old 1911. You could buy two or three 1911 for that. If I wanted collector's I might go for a Luger P08.
[QUOTE]A (Walther) P88 NIB turned up for $1800. A slightly used (Walthers) P5 with 4 magazines priced @ $1200.[/QUOTE]
Links:
Modern Firearms - Handguns - Walther P-5 [url]http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg86-e.htm[/url]
Modern Firearms - Handguns - Walther P-88 [url]http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg87-e.htm[/url]