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Unread 03-06-2013, 10:22 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by alanint View Post
No sear or magazine safety on the pistol, which is unusual.
Not really. The grip strap marking indicates the pistol was issued to the Schutzpolizei 2nd Hundert-/Bereitschaft stationed in Duisburg in the administrative district of Düsseldorf. These barracked units were transferred to the military in 1934-35 and their P08s were exempted from the order to add sear and mag safeties.
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