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01-11-2022, 11:08 AM
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Appreciate any info on my S+W walther 380acp stainless with license spelled different
Hey guys,
New to the forum. Yesterday I saw a nice never used Smith and Wesson Walter Stainless 380acp houlton,Me for 300$ and decided to buy it as a small pistol just to carry in my boat. After purchasing it and getting some ammo I noticed the that license was spelled diffently with a c instead of s. I tryed to find others like mine but couldn't find anything on it. Are these rare? Does it make mine alittle more valuable or did someone who engraved my gun at houlton not pass second grade. Also, apparently there was a recall on these but I think my serial # that ended with bam was fine. I didn't spend alot of time on it but hopefully it is. I do not want to throw this nice unused gun in my boat if due to the diff spelled word would make if more collectible or not.Could anyone please give me the correct value and info needed on this gun. Thx guys...
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01-11-2022, 11:40 AM
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Obviously an English immigrant made the stamp for your gun.
It isn't a postage stamp, mismarked guns seldom have any novelty value. Take it to sea.
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Pictures would be nice? Are you talking about the Walther PPK/S?
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01-11-2022, 12:19 PM
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A quick online search shows several different S & W built PPK and PPK/S images but always with the word spelled "license". Both this and "licence" are technically correct but have no idea about its rarity. Enjoy!
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01-11-2022, 12:55 PM
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In British countries, including Canada, it’s licence, while in the US, it’s license. Similar to color, vs colour, center, vs centre, check, vs cheque, etc. Since they’re from Maine, which is close to Canada, that may be the cause. Here in Florida when a shopping center gets a fancy upgrade, somehow the spelling of the name Center gets changed to Centre, as if that makes it an upscale shopping center. GARY.
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01-11-2022, 12:57 PM
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You need a driver's licence to drive in Canada. Just maybe the gun was made for export.
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01-11-2022, 01:07 PM
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Yes, it's a ppk/s.
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01-11-2022, 01:30 PM
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And then one has the classic misspelling of the element Al. The IUPAC name is Aluminium but the US misses out the last "i". My guess is that there are too many vowels for US chemists!!! The number of times that I had "discussions!!" with grad students in the US over that element's true name are too many to count. Dave_n
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