SOLD MAUSER MADE P38 WITH AC44 MARKED FN MADE SLIDE DUAL TONE

IN 97% EXCELLENT CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY RARE AND SELDOM SEEN MAUSER MADE DUAL TONE P38 THAT WAS MANUFACTURED WTH AN AC43 CODED FN MADE SLIDE. THESE PISTOLS WERE ASSEMBLED FROM THE LATE SUMMER OF 1944 ON. THE FN MADE SLIDES WERE USED RADOMLY IN PRODUCTION AND APPARENTLY AS REPLACEMENTS FOR DEFECTIVE SLIDES. THE SLDIES WERE MADE AT THE FN PLANT BUT RELOCATED TO MAUSER PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF THE FN PLANT TO THE ALLIES IN SEPT 1944. AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED FROM THE PICTURES THE SLIDE IS AC44 MARKED BUT THE WAFFENAMTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE ARE THE MAUSER 135 MARKINGS. IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS P38 COLLECTER YOU WILL KNOW THAT THIS IS A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER VARIANT IN TOP CONDITION.