VoPo

JRS · 03-19-2011, 10:09 AM

I just bought my first VoPo Luger and I'm really impressed. Workmanship is outstanding and it is all matching, including the magazine (thanks to the Russians). It has an S/42 toggle link and a 1940 chamber date. A Code 42 would have been nicer, but what can you expect when all the parts are tossed into an arsenal basket and grabbed at random. However, some care must have been given to this pistol because everything fits snugly. All of my Lugers are shooters and I can't wait to get this one to the range and make some bang-bang.

Vlim · 03-19-2011, 10:21 AM

Hi, judging from the VoPo's I've seen, they mostly tried to keep parts matching, but when something needed replacing, they used parts from cannibalized pistols. The frame serial number was normally kept as the main serial number on receiver and magazine. They didn't car much for force-matching other (2-digit) replacement parts, they just struck an X through the number, with some exceptions.

Hugo Borchardt · 03-19-2011, 07:41 PM

How about some photos? I love a VOPO.

JRS · 03-19-2011, 08:36 PM

I would gladly love to post pictures, but my camera skills suck, and I've never been able to master the technique of posting pictures on the forum. I'll keep trying.

jonnyc · 03-19-2011, 09:08 PM

I just put all my internet pics on Photobucket. From there it is easy to post them on all the websites I frequent.

JRS · 03-24-2011, 02:21 PM

I took my newly acquired VoPo to the range this morning. Not a single malfunction; right on target; color me VoPo.

George Anderson · 03-24-2011, 03:49 PM

Here are some photos of one of the ultimate VOPO P08s.

Ron Smith · 03-24-2011, 04:02 PM

Geo,

Is it yours? A genuine DDR VoPo...

Ron

George Anderson · 03-24-2011, 04:26 PM

Ron, It was Tom Armstrong's and now belongs to another forum member so I will allow him to present, explain and comment on this gun in the future. It is probably one of the very last government contracted P08's ever.

03-19-2011, 10:09 AM	#1
JRS User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Posts: 81 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	VoPo I just bought my first VoPo Luger and I'm really impressed. Workmanship is outstanding and it is all matching, including the magazine (thanks to the Russians). It has an S/42 toggle link and a 1940 chamber date. A Code 42 would have been nicer, but what can you expect when all the parts are tossed into an arsenal basket and grabbed at random. However, some care must have been given to this pistol because everything fits snugly. All of my Lugers are shooters and I can't wait to get this one to the range and make some bang-bang.

03-19-2011, 07:41 PM	#3
Hugo Borchardt User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 372 Thanks: 340 Thanked 143 Times in 48 Posts	How about some photos? I love a VOPO. __________________ My militaria collection is dedicated to the memory of my Grandfather, Marine Gunnery Sergeant Dave Hill, Jr., wounded in action at The Assault of the Second Marine Division on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943. http://www.tarawa1943.com/pages/casualties%20tarawa.htm

03-24-2011, 03:49 PM	#7
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Here are some photos of one of the ultimate VOPO P08s. Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

03-24-2011, 04:02 PM	#8
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Geo, Is it yours? A genuine DDR VoPo... Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-19-2011, 10:21 AM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, judging from the VoPo's I've seen, they mostly tried to keep parts matching, but when something needed replacing, they used parts from cannibalized pistols. The frame serial number was normally kept as the main serial number on receiver and magazine. They didn't car much for force-matching other (2-digit) replacement parts, they just struck an X through the number, with some exceptions.

03-19-2011, 08:36 PM	#4
JRS User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Posts: 81 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I would gladly love to post pictures, but my camera skills suck, and I've never been able to master the technique of posting pictures on the forum. I'll keep trying.

03-19-2011, 09:08 PM	#5
jonnyc User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 425 Thanks: 2 Thanked 46 Times in 34 Posts	I just put all my internet pics on Photobucket. From there it is easy to post them on all the websites I frequent.

03-24-2011, 02:21 PM	#6
JRS User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Posts: 81 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I took my newly acquired VoPo to the range this morning. Not a single malfunction; right on target; color me VoPo.

03-24-2011, 04:26 PM	#9
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Ron, It was Tom Armstrong's and now belongs to another forum member so I will allow him to present, explain and comment on this gun in the future. It is probably one of the very last government contracted P08's ever.