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paolo.orange · 07-02-2007, 01:45 PM

Thanks Mauro,
I was pretty sure to eventually see Bignami's fingerprint on that (Bignami is probably the largest distributor of firearms here in Italy) and yes, my assumption is that it was made by Mauser for the Italian marker since the barrel shows a clean "9x21IMI Cat. 10717" that is miles away from the often brutal markings made by the Test Bench in Gardone. So it looks like it was born as a 9x21.
These are the markings covered by the side plate.

What do you mean about refurbishing? The chamber date is 1938. Does it make sense? I wonder if it's like the MILSTD Colt Government of current production that are built to look like the original M1911A1 but they are not.

DaveinTN,
I took a picture of that on a clear green piece of paper, 2 or 3 stops over exposed. You can use any different color as a background, but it works better with clear, brilliant colors. I then used ADOBE Photoshop to remove the green background and replace that with 100% white. The idea is to have the P08 looking like it's floating in the vacuum so the viewer can concentrate on the subject and its details. I then added my avatar...usually it's Tahoma but given the subject I thought London Gothic made sense. The shade of the avatar shall look like the shade the gun make and it's shape should suggest it's printed on the ground.
Sometime, I also reduce the color saturation to make the subject looking like...you know, like a "gothic cartoon weapon". Like this M4.

Now we want to see yours!

Lugerdoc,
as I said the chamber date is 1938 and the toggle marking is S/42. I do not have experience on Luger magazine but it should be the standard one. Did you receive my mail?

Thanks everybody

Paolo

07-02-2007, 01:45 PM	#8
paolo.orange User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks Mauro, I was pretty sure to eventually see Bignami's fingerprint on that (Bignami is probably the largest distributor of firearms here in Italy) and yes, my assumption is that it was made by Mauser for the Italian marker since the barrel shows a clean "9x21IMI Cat. 10717" that is miles away from the often brutal markings made by the Test Bench in Gardone. So it looks like it was born as a 9x21. These are the markings covered by the side plate. What do you mean about refurbishing? The chamber date is 1938. Does it make sense? I wonder if it's like the MILSTD Colt Government of current production that are built to look like the original M1911A1 but they are not. DaveinTN, I took a picture of that on a clear green piece of paper, 2 or 3 stops over exposed. You can use any different color as a background, but it works better with clear, brilliant colors. I then used ADOBE Photoshop to remove the green background and replace that with 100% white. The idea is to have the P08 looking like it's floating in the vacuum so the viewer can concentrate on the subject and its details. I then added my avatar...usually it's Tahoma but given the subject I thought London Gothic made sense. The shade of the avatar shall look like the shade the gun make and it's shape should suggest it's printed on the ground. Sometime, I also reduce the color saturation to make the subject looking like...you know, like a "gothic cartoon weapon". Like this M4. Now we want to see yours! Lugerdoc, as I said the chamber date is 1938 and the toggle marking is S/42. I do not have experience on Luger magazine but it should be the standard one. Did you receive my mail? Thanks everybody Paolo __________________ Grace under fire, business as usual.