A 1988 Walther P38 SD Long in 9mm Parabellum with the scarce 7 inch barrel, one of only nineteen built in that length. Complete with its original Walther box, test target, manual, and spare magazine.
Walther built about 50 of these long-barrel P38 pistols in 1988, and most of them wore the 6 inch barrel. This one carries the 7 inch. Only 19 were made in that length, which puts it among the scarcest configurations Walther ever assembled around the P38 platform. The reference page shown with the set lays it out plainly: the 6 inch run made up the bulk of production, the 8 inch came next, and the 7 inch trailed at just nineteen examples.
The idea behind the P38 Long was straightforward. You stretch the barrel instead of trimming it, the gun goes nose-heavy, and the longer sight radius steadies the picture. The extra barrel length bumps muzzle velocity too, which is why the sport shooters who bought these appreciated the balance. Walther made no compromise on the frame. Same reliable steel as the service guns, same decocking and safety lever, same locked-breech action chambered in 9mm Parabellum.
The pistol wears a clean blued finish over the long barrel and slide. The slide carries the postwar Carl Walther Waffenfabrik Ulm/Do. address along with the banner logo and P38 marking. Checkered black plastic grips sit on both sides with the familiar Walther medallion screw heads. Sights are the standard fixed service arrangement, front blade and rear notch, riding the longer barrel for that extended radius.
What makes this one worth a serious look is how complete it stays. It comes in the correct orange Walther box printed Pistole P 38 SD with the Ulm-Donau address. You also get the factory test target, the P38 operating manual, and a spare magazine. The paperwork even lists the model as P 38 Lg. with the 9 mm x 19 chambering checked off.
For a Walther collector chasing the long-barrel variants, the 7 inch is the one that rarely surfaces. This is a chance at the harder half of that already small run, kept together with its original papers.
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