That's a valid opinion and I don't disagree with it.that much. The Germans lost the war, so everybody is free to believe whatever they want. They (and those made early in the war before the craftsmen all got drafted, before ersatz materials had to be substituted, before slave labor was brought in, before the intervals between tool sharpening were stretched because abrasives were scarce, and before Zella-Mehlis quit bothering to polish) are superior, in my estimation, to any of the guns mentioned in the preceding paragraphs.īut that's only my opinion. The prewar Walthers are in a class by themselves, rather like prewar Colts and S&Ws. The German wartime guns made in the last couple years of the war are serviceable, but except to fill the niche in a collection, nothing to get excited about. On average (there are always exceptions, to be sure) the postwar German or French guns are made of better materials, machined better, fitted more precisely, finished more carefully, inspected more rigorously, and give less trouble in service than their Interarms U.S.-made successors. In my own, and I think I have examined enough German, French and American Walthers to express a valid one: I won't because I don't think it's accurate.