A 70 years old Luger P-08 doing 50 / 50

... late morning August 28th 2010 a fellow shooter from my club, CPTPP, came in to the shooting range for his practice session with a Luger P-08 9x19mm. He was kind enough not only to allow me to test it shooting a 5 ammunitions clip, but also to allow me to take some photos and, furthermore, to share with me all the pistol history.

"BYF-41" Mauser manuf. Luger P-08 in 9x19mm

This particular pistol was manufactured by Mauser and marked with the code "BYF-41" - that identifies this pistol with origin on Mauser's factory at Obendorf in the year of 1941. That was the penultimate year of production for this pistol before it became replaced by the Walther P-38. This P-08 was later on captured by the Soviet Army and only on the 1990s, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it was introduced on the commercial circuit that allowed it to be bought and used again - with top notch scores.

The original metal engraved stamps from Germany

Close up on the jointed arm action

Close up on the barrel

With approximately 70 years of age, this particular Luger P-08 is still (very!) capable to reach high match scores - such as 50 / 50 on national sport 9mm pistol match (where it competes with a all range of top notch modern pistols).

25 meter (27,3 yards) target with a "perfect" score of 50/50
Portuguese National Championship - Sport Pistol 9mm
Shooter M. Cruz, 27th September 2008

All photos (c) P. Mateus 2010.