Gass relief hole botom of breech block.

[HisSoldier]

I guess the others are .30 luger, not 6,35.

Aw heck! Yes I meant 7.65 X 21 MM. Have been looking at rare 6.35's and I had them on my mind.

I hate to see people ruining perfectly good guns for the wrong reasons

I bought the 9MM late repro P-08 as a shooter, and since then had heard many folks put them down over many years, so #1. I was convinced they would never be that valuable, and #2. I had no intention of shooting it with that lousy GS biting my hand.
But as for safe queens, I'm not of the opinion that owning a gun automatically means I have to shoot it, and that seems to be the position of the majority of people in other forums. I have a few "Safe queens" and I enjoy them for some weird concept about preserving them for posterity, which means I have to pay to become a museum curator from the time I buy such a gun until the rest of the world admits it is rare and valuable.
I once saw an ad in GB for a dished toggle knob P-08, the seller said it had remained unfired in nearly new condition, owned by a fisherman in Alaska until he died. His son inherited it and took it out and shot a magazine through it!
My first thought was that he could have had the same "experience" shooting a $700 shooter and not lost a dime of it's value.