P 08 s an P 04 types were produced with either new or shortened 4" barrels in the Weimar era.
They are pretty scarce pieces, but are the inspiration for this shooter!
In my quest for pieces for the '06 basket case restoration, I accumulated a number of parts. One of which is an essentially complete '06 upper, which will be used for the '06 restoration.
So, with pieces on hand with no home and help from various members here
, I assembled this clone.
It is built on a '37 Mauser lower, '38 Mauser receiver,
commercial 4" bbl, and the toggle train from the '06 Navy.
I took her out for a date yesterday, and she fires, cycles, and behaves perfectly- a great shooter and a little out of the ordinary.
I have to borrow a 9mm P reamer to finish ream the chamber, it is marginally short; in fact I had to select some ammo that would let the toggle close completely for the test firing.
When it is finished, I'll fire for group, to see how much too low, if any, the front sight is. Yes, I know it is not a P 08 sight, but is what I had that only took and hour with needle files to fit to the sight base dovetail.
Don't ask what it finally cost- I don't want to talk about it!
