we have a pre-war Walther PPK, 7.65mm,PDM marked, that the 1st 1 1/2"
of rifling in front of the chamber is worn smooth. Bought it from a dealer in St Louis selling it for the family of the American GI who brought it back, he'd taken it off a dead German.
Our only guess was that it was used by one of the SS Eizengruppe(spelling?)for executions, because nobody shoots a PPK that much. & Yes we know that the PDM was the German Post office Div of police.
We have an old Browning Hi Power 9mm(prewar 36,XXX stack number)that I carried as my duty gun for years,and put at least 6000 rds of cast & jacketed ammo thru it with no visible wear to rifling.
I wouldn't worry about barrel wear as much as saving the pistol from shooting loose & blue wear on the early Smiths & Colts. Just my opinion, and thanks for the pix of the vv pretty early pistols.
da gimp
OFC, Mo. Chapter
NRA Life Endowment
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