P.35(b) WaA103 tangent sight

Hambone · Jun 24, 2013

Vet bringback rig, two WaA103 magazines, '41 date holster.

Caesar1 · Jun 24, 2013

Nice! Where did you finally find it?

Hambone · Jun 25, 2013

Thanks. Auction. New rig with minor handling and a crisp mirror bore, un-oiled grips. The auction pics don't do it justice. Handled and stored right. Different pics......

type96 · Jun 25, 2013

Excellent! Very nice rig.

mauser99 · Jun 25, 2013

top notch rig.. I had one very similar years ago... Im sure the date of the holster is correct with the build of the pistol..

Luft1 · Jun 25, 2013

Very nice find!!!

Hambone · Jun 25, 2013

Thanks guys. Been looking for the right one for awhile. Yes, it is 1941 production. P.35(b) dates of production:

3,433 Belgian

1940
50,001-58,500 WaA613 8,500

1941
58,501-65,000 WaA613 6,500
65,001-90,000 WaA103 25,000
90,001-124,200 WaA140 34,200
1941 total 65,700

1942
124,201-204,800 80,600

1943
204,801-212,000 7,200
00001a-93,800a 93,800
1943 Total 101,000

1944
93,801a-99,999a 1,200
0001b-63,000b 63,000
1944 Total 64,200

Grand Total 330,000 + 3,433 Belgian

denny gaither · Jun 25, 2013

Outstanding rig, Ham! I've got a real soft spot for these pistols...

Hambone · Jun 26, 2013

Tks Denny. The GP.35 is my favorite pistol. If I was going to collect and shoot one pistol only, that would be it

mrfarb · Jun 26, 2013

Nicest looking one I think I have ever seen on the internets. I'd chrome or nickel it to keep it nice. There are sellers on ebay that have some attractive grips for sale as well.

Hambone · Jun 26, 2013

It's nicer now since I got some cold blue, a lighter, and a q-tip and touched up all the little wear marks. I'll probably strip the grips an sand them next. I want it to be 99.9% MINT!

Winchester Cowboy · Jun 26, 2013

Nice find. :thumbsup:

jack944 · Jun 27, 2013

Great rig

Nice deep bluing...These early guns were really finished with a deep blue. You see them and they are 98 percenters but the blue is faded. This one is not. I collect these from early to late with plastic grips. One of my favorites also. :thumbsup:

ebeeby · Jun 27, 2013

hambone said:
it's nicer now since i got some cold blue, a lighter, and a q-tip and touched up all the little wear marks. I'll probably strip the grips an sand them next. I want it to be 99.9% mint!

aaahhhhhh!

mjones · Jun 29, 2013

Hambone,
Super rig. A 41 dated PB. 35 with the stiching still white is not a common thing with the use they typically saw. The grips are the best I have ever seen. A pair of waffenampt mags are uncommon too. I don't think I have seen one anywhere with two in quite some time. Most additional mags are added after acquisition. Thanks for posting the dates. One of my favorites pistols too. Great find.
Mike

Hambone · Jun 29, 2013

Thank you MJ. Uploaded more pics. The pistol came from the grandson of an officer/vet who was a surgeon in the PTO. However, his two brothers were ETO vets, one who was an infantryman in the 8th Inf. Div. serving in the Ardennes and all through Europe and the other in the Air Corps serving in the ETO. The whole rig came back this way. The spare mag is very lightly inspected with the WaA103 and looks like an early Belgian mag body which was completed under German occupation. It has no marks other than the WaA103. The one in the pistol is also WaA103.

denny gaither · Jun 29, 2013

I know I commented earlier, but with those new pictures it just doesn't get any better than that!!!!

RyanE · Jun 29, 2013

denny gaither said:
I know I commented earlier, but with those new pictures it just doesn't get any better than that!!!!

I was just about to type the same thing. Hands down the nicest tangent I've ever seen.

Hambone · Jun 29, 2013

Thanks guys. The seller told me his grandfather (the officer/surgeon) kept it stored in the holster, with the mag, but would periodically check it and wipe it down with light oil. I've never seen a nicer one either and combined with the high polish finish it is striking, like early K98ks. Better is that it wasn't shot and neglected or "cleaned" by bubba. It's been a long quest to find the right one!

denny gaither · Jun 29, 2013

Here's another nice one Craig. This one came from the estate of a veteran of Co. K, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division.
#186644, WaA140, made in '42. Holster is epf42.
This one is close, but not quite as nice as yours. Also, don't pay any attention to the rear sight.
Pretty sure I posted this earlier...

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