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Ed & Ron, heck ! I didn't mean to put ya'll to work ! Thank you, Ed, thanks for scanning those pics. I wonder why the Luger rifle was never produced as some kind of commercial arm ? A 9mm semi-auto karabiner on the WW1 battlefield would have surely been a devil ! Was there any military procurement or evaluation of the arm ? Roadkill, I see that Gew88 just to the left of the seated chap on the far right (who looks to be cradling a saddle-ring Mauser karabiner - could be an engineer carbine but lack of bayonet lug suggests cavalry use). It looks as the Gew88 is in the old .318 "J" bore since it apparently was still utilizing Mannlicher clips. What are those three little "spitoons" out in front ? Ed, again, "Thank You" for scanning the pics and thanks to all of you P.08 experts who have entertained my less-than-enlightened queries with patience and kindness - there are sure a lot of nice folks on this board [img]smile.gif[/img] . Ron, good luck with your move and if you're moving to Oklahoma bring me some good menudo, preferably from that little Mexican flea market northeast of William Beaumont Army Medical Center and across the road from KFC.