Why a stock-lug?

Dwight Gruber · 05-08-2003, 05:24 AM

I think Jim has struck the real answer to this question.

But, the stock lug isn't the only relic of the past which has stuck with the P-08.

I've noticed this odd little step machined into the left grip strap of all P-08-style Lugers, and never could quite figure why it is there (sorry about the quality of the scan).

Reading up on Simson Lugers this evening, I saw the picture of a Simson rework which actually retrofitted a grip safety onto a DWM P-08. I had a sudden epiphany, and checked a 1906 to make sure--all P-08s have the grip strap cut for a grip safety!

Another example of the specs (or the pattern) being this way from time immemorial, and the specifications were never chanaged?

--Dwight

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05-08-2003, 05:24 AM	#19
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	I think Jim has struck the real answer to this question. But, the stock lug isn't the only relic of the past which has stuck with the P-08. I've noticed this odd little step machined into the left grip strap of all P-08-style Lugers, and never could quite figure why it is there (sorry about the quality of the scan). Reading up on Simson Lugers this evening, I saw the picture of a Simson rework which actually retrofitted a grip safety onto a DWM P-08. I had a sudden epiphany, and checked a 1906 to make sure--all P-08s have the grip strap cut for a grip safety! Another example of the specs (or the pattern) being this way from time immemorial, and the specifications were never chanaged? --Dwight