Toolroom Prototype .32 ACP Walther Olympia
Toolroom Prototype .32 ACP Walther Olympia
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In the late 1930s, Walther experimented with the idea of an Olympia target pistol in .32 ACP. They used the frame from a 1936 pattern standard (.22LR) Olympia with a .32 caliber barrel, increased mass slide, and magazine adapted from a Walther PP. The project never progressed beyond the toolroom sample we have today, probably due to a combination of less-than-huge market demand for such a gun and the increasing military production Walther was undertaking.
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Ive wanted an Olympia for about 50 years. Never could make the leap.
Very elgant pistol.
ahh, what could’ve been 🙂 Thanks Ian!
I think it should be nicknamed the Frankenstein pistol
Speaking of pistols…I have a few general questions for Ian/anyone who wants to take a crack at answering this:
In the Murder, She Wrote episode “Death Takes a Dive,” the victim is killed by a previously fired .38 round which was then fired from a shotgun at the time of the murder.
Question 1: Is this even possible (a previously fired round being loaded into a different cartridge/caliber and being fired again)?
Question 2: Would it throw off any ballistic testing?
I’m sorry to be off topic but I think you might be interested in this video about old gunsmithing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpNMmKL2vkg
This fireplace sure collects alot of different and unique handguns!
He always has that wood- framed fireplace background when examining super rare, one of a kind, classic pistols.
I assume it’s some posh private collector’s house.
if you read the comments i was wondering if you have ever heard of the 1873 evans rifle? they were a 28 shot repeater made in the 1870’s and if you have heard of or seen one
Looks sporty, elegant, kinda 30ies industrial… OH WAIT A MINUTE
How interesting! I wonder what its story is, in my mind I imagine that someone who worked in the toolroom put the uncommon degree of finish on it that he might use it as his own. Perhaps because he knew there would never be a commercial one, so as he liked it so well, he finished it to a degree of usability and took it home with him.
This German Olympia looks pretty as do all German guns and I feel that if I were to go hunting, this would be the handgun I would take
I really like the design of this gun and the Olympia. Very elegant and cool.
A story I heard about Walther: Long time ago (1960’s?) when South Africa was preparing to start producing the FN rifle for their own use, the people in charge went off to Europe to get artisans to do the machining. Somehow they ended up meeting old man Walther, and he told them to go back to South Africa and look for the second and third generations of artisans, the people who grew up with machining. And they did, and found all the people they need here in South Africa.
That looks pretty awesome. Thank you, as always, for the great content.
One of best gun channels on the web. Thank you very much, Ian! Always learned something new. Amazing.
And then War Were Declared!!! oops wrong channel sorry
Is that a big dog licking and snortling in the background?
Geez Ian, why don’t you just marry it?
this is probably a dumb question but in the early 1900’s did the armed forces practice trigger discipline, by that I mean keeping your finger of the trigger till you have your sights on the target.
"Very" unique? Either something is, or isn’t unique.
Kinda sad that you have yo blur the swatstika, this is an educational video, it shouldnt need to be
It looks like jango Fett tried to kill Obi-Wan with that
Walther is pronounced ‘Valter’, the a sounds like either one in ‘pasta’.
this is probably a dumb question but in the early 1900’s did the armed forces practice trigger discipline, by that I mean keeping your finger of the trigger till you have your sights on the target.
NRA Bull’s-eye is one of the competition type of shooting Ian was talking about.
You wouldn’t delay a rapid fire pistol. Dwell time and action time count, you are measuring at 1,000 of a second.
Wish i could find a long barrel .32.
Indeed Olympic rapid fire is a discipline shooting at 5 targets, one shot per target each set exposed together sequentially five times for an ever decreasing period of time. In the UK there is a community of dedicated shooters that pursue this discipline, but do so with 5 shot semi-auto. 177 co2 or air powered target pistols. There are domestic competitions in this format, but some use this as a practice for the true. 22 short Olympic discipline, but have to hold their weapons off-shore, often in Belgium or France and practice with their competition weapons there.
Ian, I’m pretty sure the mysterious cuts on the slide are for spent cases to clear during ejection. I am guessing with straight walls cases bounced around between them and didn’t eject out the top fully, causing malfunctions.
Is it also whence the Bergmann pistols came? From fireplace guy?
Scheiss Zensur! Was soll das? Zieht nicht mehr
Reminds me of a Browning buckmark 22LR
Famae sg 542!!!! 💪💪💪
Looks like a sweet tac driver
It is an olympic event. I have watched it. It was pretty underwhelming lol. If they want to impress me with a gun event. Us the 500 Smith and Wesson.
I think Captain Scarlet had one – Not Sure – #Scarlet #Captain
Cool video! The "Toolroom" archaeology walk is great stuff, keep it coming!!
"From whence we came", popped into my head about humble starts!
wooden baseplate on magazine? Very cute…
This must be an old video, he still had his standard "buck a month" Patreon outdo, haven’t heard that for quite awhile!
Olympic discipline have only .22 LR pistols, but ISSF still has some "big bore" competition, usually with 32 S&W wadcutter, the pistols are "scaled up" .22 semi-autos.
Why have you not shot these on cam
Looks like the gun from "The Man With The Golden Gun".
Being a Brit and not having access to firearms what would be helpful sometimes is have a sample of the ammunition with gun.
Watch everyday -Brilliant channel
Very Cool Walther !!!!!!!
Always an interesting gun to show up with the fireplace in the background. Ian, I think you need a fancy Victorian smoking jacket for doing more videos with the fireplace.
If I wanted to get involved in modern pistol challenges (2 gun, etc) would it be stupid to get into .32 ACP or is it better to just stick with 9mm or something else a bit beefier?
TELL ME YOUR SECRETS, FIREPLACE!
I like this gun wish they made it
Considering the direction of the Nazi government in 1936, Walther may have concluded that the next Olympics might not include Germany. Little did they know it would actually be twelve long years until the next Olympiad, an even longer 16 years before West Germany in was once again allowed to compete. Form then, it was another 40 years before a united Germany was finally represented in the 1992 games, something I never expected to see in my lifetime.