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Dwight Gruber · 08-26-2019, 04:12 PM

Your pistol was made in 1909. The German army contract for the P08 was concluded in late December 1908, which finalized the design details of the type; the pistol was not in production before that date, and production was not likely to have begun until the beginning of 1909. Commercial pistols of the type followed on from there. The earliest reported P08 commercial is sn 39063, so your pistol sn 39908 is among the first manufactured.

08-26-2019, 04:12 PM	#4
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,890 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,282 Times in 424 Posts	Your pistol was made in 1909. The German army contract for the P08 was concluded in late December 1908, which finalized the design details of the type; the pistol was not in production before that date, and production was not likely to have begun until the beginning of 1909. Commercial pistols of the type followed on from there. The earliest reported P08 commercial is sn 39063, so your pistol sn 39908 is among the first manufactured.