One venerable Walther GSP, cracked in the same place at which older GSPs
seem to usually crack due to a combination of weak recoil spring, hot
ammunition, and bad design.
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<b>Click on any thumbnail for a larger version of the image.</b>
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Overall pictures of left and right side, fully assembled, showing the
cracks in the slide housing near the forward end of where the cocking
handles sit (warning: these first two images are BIG):
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<a href="right-assembled.jpg">
  <img src="right-assembled-t.jpg">
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<a href="left-assembled.jpg">
  <img src="left-assembled-t.jpg">
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Crack closeups, fully assembled:
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<a href="left-assembled-crack-cu.jpg">
  <img src="left-assembled-crack-cu-t.jpg">
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<a href="right-assembled-crack-cu.jpg">
  <img src="right-assembled-crack-cu-t.jpg">
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Crack closeups with slide housing removed:
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<a href="housing-bottom.jpg">
  <img src="housing-bottom-t.jpg">
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<a href="left-disassembled.jpg">
  <img src="left-disassembled-t.jpg">
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<a href="right-disassembled.jpg">
  <img src="right-disassembled-t.jpg">
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Stripped slide housing, with paper through cocking handle holes and in
housing to block the upper housing from view:
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<a href="housing-crack-3.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-3-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-5.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-5-t.jpg">
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Crack closeups with stripped slide housing:
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<a href="housing-crack-11.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-11-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-12.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-12-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-13.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-13-t.jpg">
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More pictures that mostly repeat what's above:
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<a href="housing-crack-9.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-9-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-10.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-10-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-1.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-1-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-2.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-2-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-4.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-4-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-6.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-6-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-7.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-7-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-8.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-7-t.jpg">
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<a href="housing-crack-8.jpg">
  <img src="housing-crack-7-t.jpg">
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