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IN 95% ORIGINAL CONDITION,WE HAVE A RARE AND SELDOM SEEN WALTHER ZERO SERIES P38. THIS PISTOL IS ALL  MATCHING EXCEPT FOR THE MAG, WHICH IS MAG FROM THE GUN TWO NUMBERS EARLIER IN PROUDCTION.  THEY OBIVIOUSLY WERE ISSUED TOGETHER AND MAGS GOT INADVERTENTLY SWITCHED.  .  THE GRIPS ARE CORRECTLY PROOFED AND NUMBERED TO THE PISTOL AS WELL.  THIS IS THE 3RD VARIATION WITH THE EXTERNAL EXTRACTOR AND THE ROUND FIRING PIN.  THE ZERO SERIES PISTOLS WERE THE TRIAL GUNS FOR THE P38 DESIGN AND MOST OF THEM SAW VERY HARD USE.  THIS IS A TOP CONDITION EXAMPLE AS THE FRAGILE WALTHER COMMERICAL FINISH DID NOT HOLD UP TO WELL IN A WAR ENVIRONMENT.  ALMOST OF THESE PISTOLS THAT WE ENCOUNTER ARE IN A SEVERELY DEGRADED CONDITON WHICH IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT CONSIDERING THAT THEY WERE USED VERY HARD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WAR AND THEY HAD A VERY DELICATE FINISH.    ZERO SERIES GUNS WITH ANY CONDITION ARE VERY HARD TO LOCATE AND THIS IS A TOP CONDITION COLLECTOR GRADE PISTOL.