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Old June 22, 2019, 08:53 AM   #3
jar
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The Walther Model 4 was at the time the BIG pistol in their lineup, designed for Military and Police use during WWI. But it's also a classic example of working with what you have.

At the time Walther was making sporting rifles and had just gotten into the civilian self protection market with some really tiny 25 acp vest pocket pistols. Their largest was the Model 3 that was about the size of the base frame of the Model 4.

Walther did not want to invest in a whole new milling operation to make larger frames and slides so instead they lengthened the barrel and added the far cheaper stamped steel extension to cover the longer barrel and make the sight radius longer. It's a simple bayonet mounted extension.

Here is the little Model 4 with the much larger Walther made P38:


And the Model 4 field stripped:

The Model 4 is an internal hammer fired pistol and the safety positively locks the seer as well as the trigger. It's a very robust system.

The recoil spring as in most blow back designs fits around the barrel with the collar mating with the barrel at the chamber end. If you look in the ejection port seen below you can see the collar itself.


To field strip you just push in the extension and turn. The extension comes off and then you can pull out the spring and collar. Then pull the frame fully rearward and lift up at the back and slide off.

The magazine holds 8 7.65 (32 acp) rounds and one in the chamber.
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