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Unread 10-20-2020, 06:16 AM   #15
Dwight Gruber
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Originally Posted by Ron Wood View Post
How about 1913 Commercial, with and without grip safety?
Ron,

I went back to some source material and reminded myself of some data. The dating in this commercial range is dependent on the August 1913 order which mandates the stock lug in all P08 production; and the institution of the flat recoil spring well by 1915. From the limited reporting in hand, one cannot say with confidence whether these pistols were made in 1913 or 1914, with a slight bias toward the possibility of 1914.

Under the circumstances, "grip-safety P08 commercial" seems to be the most comprehensive collector designation.

--Dwight


Edit: Strike all of this. I checked commercial navy sn 71406 (six pistols after the last grip safety entry, 437 pistols before the first flat recoil spring well entry); it has a spur in the recoil spring well. This confidently places the grip safety pistol production in 1914.


I still stand by "grip safety P08 commercial", because the grip safety pistols include both stock lug and no-stock-lug examples.

Last edited by Dwight Gruber; 10-20-2020 at 07:01 AM.
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