What do I Have. II

[Cyrano]

Another treasure from the San Antonio Show. It's a Hammerli-Walther Olympia Pistols. Caliber 22 short. 7 1/2 inch barrel. Adjustable grip, weights under the barrel. No slide lock open device. The 2011 Standard Catalog of Firearms, in an addition to the Hammerli section, called Hammerli-Walther, lists Models 200 through 207. The description is sketchy enough that it's hard to see which one mine is, although some are described as in 22 LR and some don't have adjustable grips. Anyone know 'fer shure' which model this is?

 

[2152hq]

204 and 205 have a slide stop, and are in 22LR only.
Both are sometimes called 'American Models'
204 has standard grips w/thumb rest. 205 adjustable grips.

206 & 207 are 'International Model' pistols. So called high speed actions, they have 'Olympia' in the center of the slide on the right side. & Hammerli International on the left. Adjustable grips, bbl weights, muzzle break, ect.
Cal 22short & 22LR

The remaining 2 models,,200, and 203 are near identicle.
The 200 was the first post war target model to appear and was to be as close of a copy of the 1936 Olympia modal as possible.
There's also a model 300 that is supposed to be about the same as or identicle as the 200, but I'm unable to ID the differences.

Available in both 22short and 22lr.,,22LR is more common.

The 200 thumb rest grips but could be had w/ adj grips as I understand it,
The 230 came with adjustable grips standard.

The 200 could be had with and w/o a list of bbl weights, different rear and front sights, muzzle break ect.
The 203 came w/a standard set of 2 bbl weights, muzzle break.

Rear sight options were available also.

Left side Slide markings on the early production 200 :
Walther 'Banner' Lenzburg Hammerli

or

Lenzburg Hammerli Switzerland Olympia-Pistole

 

[Cyrano]

Thanks, 2151hq. I guess mine's a Model 200: The left side of the slide reads: Lensburg Hammerli Walther Switzerland Olympia Pistole. There's no slide hold-open. It has three weights: one under the barrel, and two under the frame. The rear sight is adjustable for windage, with opposing set screws, and the front sight adjustable for elevation. This would seem to be what was required for a pistol used only at one range, and with one type of ammo.The rest for the heel of the right hand is adjustable up and down, and also has a small rotational adjustment.

The workmanship is exquisite.

Can't wait to shoot it, despite the 100º forecast for tomorrow.

 

[2152hq]

Sounds like a nice one. I'd bet it was sold as a '203' with the extra weight and the 3-way adj grip.
The sights are pretty standard for these. Once set up, they weren't into alot of sight fiddlin'. Though Walther did offer a micro adj rear for these and different sight shapes for both front and back.
Most of the micro adj rear sights are found on the 204/205 models not surprising I guess.
The slide markings I noted were for the 200,,but could very well have been used on the 203 also.

It's just a guess by anyone on some of these models as some of them overlap in features so much. Kind of like buying a stripped car and adding features or buying the upgraded model with the features as standard,,which is which...

They are exquisite pistols. When Walther went looking for a post-war mfg'r for his handguns (they weren't allowed to make them 'in country immediately after the war),, he went 50 miles away over the border to Manurhin in France for the PPk/PP/P38 line.
He went to Hammerli in Switzerland to produce his precision target pistol, the 1936 Olympic.

100F,,,,not for me! stay cool,,shoot straight..