Yet another Newbie with...

[Magic Jar]

Thank you both for your responses.

I'm embarrassed to say, especially since I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable about firearms, I don't know the caliber. There's nothing in the way of stamping to give me a clue. I own a .30 cal and inserted a shell (empty, of course) into the chamber (Did I mention that I field-stripped the gun?) and while it fit I realized that I still didn't know anything.

The stamping on one magazine is "P08", but as I understand it this could be either caliber.

I don't know if the extra magazines are original or not. My wife collects bakelite. She tested two of them and determined that the thumbholds (correct nomenclature?) are bakelite. The third looks to be some type of aluminum or pot-metal. It's the one that's stamped with a four-digit number and also has a "2" above that number and some barely visible (I have a jeweler's loupe.) emblem that I can't associate with any of the emblems I find in the "Technical Information" part of this web site.

I don't know the meaning of Postino's word "rigs" but I can guess. What does the 'k' signify. I found it under one of the links on this site, but there was no indication to me what the suffices meant.

"Alphabet Commercial", now that's a new term for me to look up...but I will. After all, I used to tell my students that research is 90% (or was it 95%?) of the fun in any task.

Lugerholsterrepair mentioned that photos would help. True enough, but I'm reluctant to post photos of a gun I don't own yet. Posting the above symbols and numbers is bad enough, but I'm a little wary of inserting pix.

Be that as it may, should I make this trade, I'll certainly post photos with "enthusiasm and alacrity", as Howard Cosell used to say to Dandy Don.

Lugerholsterrepair, I'm judging from the number of your posts that I've read that you would consider this holster to be 'excellent' or better (if there is such a category). When I first looked at it I thought there was a repair to the top, but then I saw that it was the stitching for the tool pouch inside. The tool is not there, but the pouch is fine. There's absolutely no sign of wear and tear. There's just a bit of rub-off above and to the left of the anchor end of the closing strap. It looks like a scrape, or a rub.

Thank you again for your replies, both of you, because I also understand Postino's cautionary response.

I know from reading replies to other posters that, in the end, the decision to acquire lies with me. If I'm comfortable with the trade, then I'll live with it.

I'll let you know what happens.

Thanks again.

James