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drbuster · 04-03-2014, 11:17 AM

My guess for the first question is NO. Military issued P08's in 1936 were in 9mm. Any "special order" would probably have been commercially marked. The 7.65 cartridge was only being used by the Swiss at that time. Mauser did make a small number of banner marked 1908 configured commercial Lugers but they had the slim tapered 7.65 mm barrels that may have left over from DWM production. The last question pertains to longitudinally marked barrels. If I saw the numbers marked that way I would be very suspicious that this was a "re-do" of some kind. I would carefully look at the font size, halo effects, etc. I would strongly recommend that you post photos of this pistol.

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04-03-2014, 11:17 AM	#2
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	My guess for the first question is NO. Military issued P08's in 1936 were in 9mm. Any "special order" would probably have been commercially marked. The 7.65 cartridge was only being used by the Swiss at that time. Mauser did make a small number of banner marked 1908 configured commercial Lugers but they had the slim tapered 7.65 mm barrels that may have left over from DWM production. The last question pertains to longitudinally marked barrels. If I saw the numbers marked that way I would be very suspicious that this was a "re-do" of some kind. I would carefully look at the font size, halo effects, etc. I would strongly recommend that you post photos of this pistol.