Identify this P.08

Dwight Gruber · 02-06-2003, 10:07 PM

I'd bet on part of it being a postwar Commercial. It looks like the top of the receiver has been (pretty heavily) ground, and I'm suspicious that the right side of the receiver has been sanded. There is no date on the left frame rail, so the frame is not a Navy.

It looks like there is a mark on the barrel on the left near the back (right side, as well), but it is very indistinct in the photograph. Also, it is too indistinct to tell if there is a date on the left side of the front sight base.

I agree about the Navy toggle train, and the left receiver stamp sure looks like a C/N. I wonder, if it has a large-head rear toggle pin, or small.

I'd like to see better photos of the front sight, barrel rear left and right, and to know what the serial numbers are.

--Dwight

02-06-2003, 10:07 PM	#5
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	I'd bet on part of it being a postwar Commercial. It looks like the top of the receiver has been (pretty heavily) ground, and I'm suspicious that the right side of the receiver has been sanded. There is no date on the left frame rail, so the frame is not a Navy. It looks like there is a mark on the barrel on the left near the back (right side, as well), but it is very indistinct in the photograph. Also, it is too indistinct to tell if there is a date on the left side of the front sight base. I agree about the Navy toggle train, and the left receiver stamp sure looks like a C/N. I wonder, if it has a large-head rear toggle pin, or small. I'd like to see better photos of the front sight, barrel rear left and right, and to know what the serial numbers are. --Dwight