P.08 Front sight gauge.

Vlim · 09-08-2009, 01:31 PM

Hi, nice gauge and it would be interesting to see the others in your collection.

Collecting gauges can be a bit addictive. For those who want to pursue that goal here are some tips:

-Beware of fakes or boosted post-war examples. Especially the last group is abundant. The DDR used many of the same armorer's tools, as did countries like Norway.
-Tools can be divided into a number of categories, the rarest being the production tools and gauges, followed by acceptance tools and lastly by armorer's tools.
-Many of the tools we find on the market today came from armorer's tool kits which were stored after WW2 and rediscovered a couple of years ago. The kits, shaped in the form of MG ammo boxes, were mostly stripped of their individual parts and those parts have been offered for sale at gun shows since. Finding a complete WW2 armorer's kit is a bit of a challenge as a result of this.
-Most gauges follow the 'go/no-go' approach.
-IIRC there is a list of Wehrmacht tools, with their serial numbers and a description, in circulation somewhere.

The markings on the sight tools show the height of the sight in millimeters.

09-08-2009, 01:31 PM	#9
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, nice gauge and it would be interesting to see the others in your collection. Collecting gauges can be a bit addictive. For those who want to pursue that goal here are some tips: -Beware of fakes or boosted post-war examples. Especially the last group is abundant. The DDR used many of the same armorer's tools, as did countries like Norway. -Tools can be divided into a number of categories, the rarest being the production tools and gauges, followed by acceptance tools and lastly by armorer's tools. -Many of the tools we find on the market today came from armorer's tool kits which were stored after WW2 and rediscovered a couple of years ago. The kits, shaped in the form of MG ammo boxes, were mostly stripped of their individual parts and those parts have been offered for sale at gun shows since. Finding a complete WW2 armorer's kit is a bit of a challenge as a result of this. -Most gauges follow the 'go/no-go' approach. -IIRC there is a list of Wehrmacht tools, with their serial numbers and a description, in circulation somewhere. The markings on the sight tools show the height of the sight in millimeters.