Silenced P 08
 

For your viewing pleasure and comments.

The wipes in the suppressor would place the technology sometime in the 1960s. Are there any markings on the suppressor?

A very interesting modifcation of a Luger... Certainly not for long range shooting since the rifled portion of the barrel would only be about 1.5 inches long... looks like quality gunsmithing to me... I am doubtful about the efficiency of the suppressor though... it is probably a rather loud THUMP when fired...

Have you fired this specimen Joe? Is she quiet? I would love to see photos of the suppressor completely disassembled... and maybe a video of the firing sequence... that would be kewl!

Unfortunately this one is not mine. I am just a scholar that frequents this site seeking for the knowledge. Parasite nothing else. In my possession I have only one P08 and it is not collectable specimen of any significant value. It is shooter with 6” barrel and it is accurate as hell. (4” is prohibited in Canada). But what I do is searching for pictures of collectable P08s and study them. Sometimes I save pics for further studying because I am particularly interested in stamping fonts and discrepancies that happens to occur only on this side of the puddle.

The design screams Mitch WerBell, whose company, Sionics, made the original Suppressors for the MAC machine pistols.

A colorful character, indeed!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_WerBell_III

Roy Boehm, UDT frogman beginning in WWII and one of the very first Navy SEALS, recounts in his book how he used a supressed Luger to terminate one of Castros' operatives in the Dominican Republic....this was around 60-61, so I wonder what type was on his gun.....maybe an old Maxim?

The Maxim baffle design had been eclipsed by WW2, when screening, eyelets and stacked baffles were more in vogue, (look inside a suppresed Sten or Grease Gun sometime). The "third generation" rubber and urethane "shoot through" baffles and muzzle expansion chambers came along in the 1960s and were present in the Sionics and other cans. The can pictured, with the characteristic liberal use of knurling on the outer surfaces is representative of this era. Roy may have very well used something similar.

Remember that Mitch WerBell worked for Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo at that time, so who knows?