[Jeff Higgins]

Looks like a typical wartime German pistol. They kinda gave up on making them look pretty in the interest of production numbers.

Here is my P38 that my father in law gave me. He picked it up at Anzio. The dagger is from one of my uncles, who retired as a Colonel from the German Army. It's a WWII era officers' issue.









I was mistaken regarding the "fixed" barrel on the P38. It does, in fact, travel rearward with the slide for about 1/4" before disengaging, it just doesn't tilt down like a 1911. The Luger does have a fixed barrel, though.