Was the P.08 overbuilt???

G.T. · 10-26-2003, 05:53 PM

Hi to all! Thanks Dwight for the info, and thanks to all for the response! I agree that their way of thinking, and degree of craftsmanship, would not have allowed them to do it any other way, ... perhaps as Heinz mentioned, if there was a change to be made, the Swiss would have done it! It's just in this day and age of barrel liners and sleeves, I just don't have a good grasp on what is a correct wall thickness for a minimum barrel dia.?? BTW, the pencil thin .30 1900 barrels look about as light and thin as you could possibly make any center fire pistol barrel! I have just always wondered if the P.08 receiver is figured in for chamber strength or is it all in the barrel entirely?? Thanks to all, till...later...GT

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10-26-2003, 05:53 PM	#6
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,528 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 3,711 Times in 1,014 Posts	Hi to all! Thanks Dwight for the info, and thanks to all for the response! I agree that their way of thinking, and degree of craftsmanship, would not have allowed them to do it any other way, ... perhaps as Heinz mentioned, if there was a change to be made, the Swiss would have done it! It's just in this day and age of barrel liners and sleeves, I just don't have a good grasp on what is a correct wall thickness for a minimum barrel dia.?? BTW, the pencil thin .30 1900 barrels look about as light and thin as you could possibly make any center fire pistol barrel! I have just always wondered if the P.08 receiver is figured in for chamber strength or is it all in the barrel entirely?? Thanks to all, till...later...GT