Finding a P-08 Today

johnii · 12-10-2013, 03:05 PM

It all goes to the value of a P-08 with all matching parts. Were ever it comes from. Mismatches are subject to devaluation and matched numbers mean the real thing. You can get a mismatch P-08 that shoots for a shooter and be happy with it. After all, the tolerances to produce a P-08 are beyond what is manufactured today with CNC or MIM.

Ergo the CNC and MIM mean nothing to us. Right?

When you get a P-08 with all matching it is a sort of heaven of discovery. I get that. That is the realm I am in and no MIM or CNC will ever match it.

I'd rather have mismatch parts from a working P-08 than a recent MIM or CNC reproduction. That's why no recent (after WWII) reproduction is worthless to me.

Rebluing? I don't care. All matching parts? I care.

Fact is no commercial company after WWII is even close to a mismatched part WWII P-08. I won't buy a mismatched WWII P-08 in the first place and I'll never buy a reproduction made with MIM and CNC.

I want matched parts from WWII and I have them in my two P-08s. Reblued or not.

The Third Reich had standards that no one today can ever reproduce. They did not have MIM or CNC then. They stamped every single part.

The S/42 to me is the true issued mass P-08 for soldiers of the Third Reich. The Navy and Swiss are another realm to admire and spend lots of money for.

I'd rather have an issued S/42 than the rest. I am opinionated. I like S/42 Military. I can perhaps look into Swiss and Navy later on but in the meantime I am picking up S/42 issued to the Third Reich. Erfurts? I don't care at this time. I want working functioning P-08s from the Third Reich. All the rest are collector fantasy for the money they pay for it.

The S/42 works and most other WWI or other don't work. If they do work they are too expensive to fire repeatedly with the accuracy of the P-08. WWI P-08s have a lot of damage in the bore and in the original parts to fire. They will break in time to be useless to fire or useless to fire because they are so old and cherished by collectors.

I want a working gun when I buy a gun. It will not be a safe queen to show others. It will be a firing and functional P-08.

My view.

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12-10-2013, 03:05 PM	#12
johnii User Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 52 Thanks: 13 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	It all goes to the value of a P-08 with all matching parts. Were ever it comes from. Mismatches are subject to devaluation and matched numbers mean the real thing. You can get a mismatch P-08 that shoots for a shooter and be happy with it. After all, the tolerances to produce a P-08 are beyond what is manufactured today with CNC or MIM. Ergo the CNC and MIM mean nothing to us. Right? When you get a P-08 with all matching it is a sort of heaven of discovery. I get that. That is the realm I am in and no MIM or CNC will ever match it. I'd rather have mismatch parts from a working P-08 than a recent MIM or CNC reproduction. That's why no recent (after WWII) reproduction is worthless to me. Rebluing? I don't care. All matching parts? I care. Fact is no commercial company after WWII is even close to a mismatched part WWII P-08. I won't buy a mismatched WWII P-08 in the first place and I'll never buy a reproduction made with MIM and CNC. I want matched parts from WWII and I have them in my two P-08s. Reblued or not. The Third Reich had standards that no one today can ever reproduce. They did not have MIM or CNC then. They stamped every single part. The S/42 to me is the true issued mass P-08 for soldiers of the Third Reich. The Navy and Swiss are another realm to admire and spend lots of money for. I'd rather have an issued S/42 than the rest. I am opinionated. I like S/42 Military. I can perhaps look into Swiss and Navy later on but in the meantime I am picking up S/42 issued to the Third Reich. Erfurts? I don't care at this time. I want working functioning P-08s from the Third Reich. All the rest are collector fantasy for the money they pay for it. The S/42 works and most other WWI or other don't work. If they do work they are too expensive to fire repeatedly with the accuracy of the P-08. WWI P-08s have a lot of damage in the bore and in the original parts to fire. They will break in time to be useless to fire or useless to fire because they are so old and cherished by collectors. I want a working gun when I buy a gun. It will not be a safe queen to show others. It will be a firing and functional P-08. My view.