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raul
02-28-2008, 03:42 AM
Sirs

I had recently purchased a Walther # 1 rifle that is bolt or semi auto as well

It is in mint conditions

Anyone know something about this rifle

faucettb
02-28-2008, 04:37 AM
Welcome to the forum raul. Rules are simple, be nice and join in.

The only reference I could find to the Walther #1 was for a small pistol produced in 1911. Here's what I could find.

Walther Model 1
The first Walther handgun to reach production status was the tiny .25 caliber pistol, later called the Model 1, which probably went into production for the first time in 1910. The 1908 date often cited is most likely a combination of company propaganda and a reflection of the year when prototypes of this gun first began development, rather than when it was placed in series production. While original factory records are no longer available to settle the matter for certain, an impressive weight of documentary evidence argues against the earlier date. For example, the German patent applications for this pistol are dated 1911, while an early manual for this pistol calls it the "Modell 1910." The first documented appearance of the Model 1 is in the 1911 ALFA catalog (published by the Albert Frank Company of Hamburg, Germany). Whatever the true date of the pistol's introduction may have been, there is no disputing the fact that it was a remarkably innovative design and a commercial success.

Perhaps you cold give us some more info or a picture to help us out.

raul
02-28-2008, 06:07 AM
Bob

it is not a pistol it is a rifle

I saw in iternet one photo but don;t remember where

It is a nice rifle