P08 cleaning kit?

rmmorris · 04-04-2006, 05:26 PM

Question for the experts. Did mauser or any of the other makers also make a cleaning kit for the pP08? I came across a cleaning kit at a show and the guy was selling it along with a P08 saying it was a P08 cleaning kit. It looked to me like a mauser rifle cleaning kit ie; it had a long chain etc.

Edward Tinker · 04-04-2006, 05:37 PM

Welcome to the forum Bob! Reason you only want experts to answer?

Yes and no. prior to WW2 there were seperate cleaning kits, then at some point they made a combined K98 / P08 / etc cleaning kit, probably as you saw. You see original kits often on e-bay.

Ed

rmmorris · 04-05-2006, 12:29 PM

what distinguishes a p08 cleaning kit? are there marking or stamps?

Edward Tinker · 04-05-2006, 12:34 PM

distinguishes what? the early ones or later ones?

rmmorris · 04-05-2006, 01:50 PM

either one. I assume they both have cleaning instruments, but what is it about the kit that signifies it as a P08 kit or vice versa. But if I had a kit in my hand how would I know which one I have?

Edward Tinker · 04-05-2006, 02:03 PM

The early ones, I am not sure. The later ones were for ALL weapons, so there is not a P08 AND a Mauser 98 kit as far as I know....

04-04-2006, 05:26 PM	#1
rmmorris New User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	P08 cleaning kit? Question for the experts. Did mauser or any of the other makers also make a cleaning kit for the pP08? I came across a cleaning kit at a show and the guy was selling it along with a P08 saying it was a P08 cleaning kit. It looked to me like a mauser rifle cleaning kit ie; it had a long chain etc.

04-05-2006, 12:34 PM	#4
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,916 Thanks: 1,992 Thanked 4,507 Times in 2,081 Posts	distinguishes what? the early ones or later ones? __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

04-05-2006, 02:03 PM	#6
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,916 Thanks: 1,992 Thanked 4,507 Times in 2,081 Posts	The early ones, I am not sure. The later ones were for ALL weapons, so there is not a P08 AND a Mauser 98 kit as far as I know.... __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

04-04-2006, 05:37 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,916 Thanks: 1,992 Thanked 4,507 Times in 2,081 Posts	Welcome to the forum Bob! Reason you only want experts to answer? Yes and no. prior to WW2 there were seperate cleaning kits, then at some point they made a combined K98 / P08 / etc cleaning kit, probably as you saw. You see original kits often on e-bay. Ed

04-05-2006, 12:29 PM	#3
rmmorris New User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	what distinguishes a p08 cleaning kit? are there marking or stamps?

04-05-2006, 01:50 PM	#5
rmmorris New User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	either one. I assume they both have cleaning instruments, but what is it about the kit that signifies it as a P08 kit or vice versa. But if I had a kit in my hand how would I know which one I have?