 THE WALTHER HANDGUN STORY: A COLLECTOR'S AND SHOOTER'S GUIDEBook description: The history of Walther's early handgun efforts is somewhat confused, due to several factors: an official company history that is as much legend and advertising as it is solid fact; the loss of factory records in 1945; and the company's understandable reluctance to reveal company secrets which, if revealed, might hurt their position in a fiercely competitive firearms business. What follows is therefore a reconstruction based on what records are still available, plus research, conjecture and extrapolation from handguns still in existence. About the authorGene Gangarosa, Jr. is a lifelong firearms enthusiast whose interest in the superb Walther handgun line dates back to his service in the United States Navy over twenty years ago, where he acquired his first P 38. Since then Gangarosa has had scores of Walther pistols in and out of his collection, and has personally examined hundreds of others in private collections around the country. To get further information on this book or to
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pistols
is only about a century old. In the turbulent 20th century, during which
the automatic pistol came of age, the Carl Walther Waffenfabrik grew
to become one of the world's leading handgun developers and manufacturers.
Although Walther has produced numerous firearms designs and other products,
including sporting and military rifles, submachine guns, air rifles,
adding machines and so forth, this book is concerned strictly with the
company's handgun business, the product for which it has gained worldwide
renown.
