1940 P.08 found in a box

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Originally Posted by Gebirg

However this is a late production and i think that this pistol has leaved the factory with this grips? The pistol is not much used, why should they change the grips?

Asle,

Yes, but late production 1940. In 1940, there were some P.08s delivered with surplus HK grip panels they bought in 1939. But these were Brown, not black.

The first black Bakelite panels delivered by Mauser was mid-1941.

You can ask the same question about the magazine in the gun. It is a Type 6, again not delivered by Mauser until mid-1941.

But there are a hundred reasons why grip panels and magazines get replaced. That's why all matching guns are so rare.

Its a nice gun with a nice story and we should leave it at that because no one knows everything that happened to this gun between late 1940 and 1945 when it was put into this box.

John

John