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Originally Posted by Yakman
...Although it is written somewhere that a few of the later '08 Commercials had a hold-open device added. I don't know if that's correct or not...
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Jack,
Getting a little far afield from the original topic, but...it is possible for an 08Comercial to have a holdopen added. These guns were originally intended for the officer private purchase market. Just before the start of the war there was a general recall of the P08 to the Erfurt rifle factory, to refit them with holdopens and new front sights. An officer's pistol could be included in his troop's shipment for refit. If so, the work would bear the refit armorer's mark on the frame by the added pin, and on the front sight. These markings on a five-digit commercial P08 are in fact the only way to positively identify an officer private purchase pistol.
I once owned an 08Commercial with a holdopen added in a decidedly non-standard fashion
http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...t=non-standard
--Dwight