Walther P1 Take Down Lever

P1 Takedown Lever

This is the takedown lever for the Walther P1, the West German Bundeswehr's service pistol, made by Carl Walther as a factory spare part. It sits on the left side of the frame above the trigger and controls field stripping, which means breaking the pistol down into its main parts for cleaning. If your lever is missing, damaged, or not original to the pistol, this part puts the correct German-issue control back in place. It also fits the P38.

Features

• Machined Steel Construction — The lever is machined from steel, so it holds up to repeated takedown far better than a cast or polymer substitute.
• Blued Finish — Bluing is a controlled oxidation process that gives the steel its dark finish and some resistance to rust, and it matches the rest of a blued P1.
• Serrated Thumb Tab — Cut ridges across the end of the tab give your thumb purchase when you rotate the lever.
• Toolless Takedown — Rotating the lever releases the slide and barrel so they come forward off the front of the frame without any tools.
• Left-Side Frame Mount — The lever's shaft passes through the frame above the trigger, and the tab sits on the left side where the factory placed it.
• P1 And P38 Compatible — The same lever fits both the postwar P1 and the P38 it was developed from.
• Carl Walther Factory Part — Walther made it in Germany as a spare for the Bundeswehr, to the same configuration as the lever fitted at the factory.
• Genuine Bundeswehr Issue — This is an authentic German Army part from the P1 service program.

Bundeswehr Issue Spec

The P1 was the standard sidearm of the West German Bundeswehr from 1963, and this lever is the original-equipment component that came with it. The L-shaped body joins a flat thumb tab to a notched cylindrical shaft, all in blued steel, and it pivots the same way as the factory part. For shooters, that means a correct, working replacement. For collectors, it means a pistol that stays all-original German issue.