longbough

I bought this 1940 Mauser P-08 years ago SN#6651d with matching magazine.














Thanks for your attention!

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The_Dunedan

NICE. Seriously, you don't see many P-08's in that condition anymore. One question, though, and this might make your day: any chance of a close-up on the extractor stamp? Can't tell for sure from here, but it looks like that miiiiiight be a DMW stamp instead of Mauser; a matching-numbers DMW would be worth even more!

FelixP

Pretty cool, and the condition is excellent. Do you have shoot it, or is it just a safe queen?

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Fire

Nice weapon you got there- BTW, I hang out on one of the other forums that you posted it on- wonder how many of US there on here????

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longbough

Lol. Which forum?

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"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence." - Mahatma Ghandi

Plan9

Oh, I see how it is, LongBough... we comment on your old toys and you post... but you don't want to post new toys.

I know you have new toys. We talked about this like two years ago. You have all the toys and none of the responsibility.

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longbough

Funny you should mention that. Once upon a time I used to relish in my freedom to buy these toys. I can't do that anymore 'cause I got married last year. She has no problem with my hoplophilia but my funds are definitely restricted nowadays. So no new toys.

My current active hobby is my 2010 Mustang GT - hoping to get it supercharged before our first child arrives in November. Wish me luck.

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"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence." - Mahatma Ghandi

Plan9

Wow, it has been awhile since you've been here. Last time I talked to you... you didn't have either of those burdens in your life.

*takes warning*

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

longbough

It was just a matter of time. Some day your number will come up. Lol.

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"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence." - Mahatma Ghandi

Plan9

NOOOOO! I've been cursed by LongBough.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

longbough

... I hereby condemn you to a suburban life of backyard BBQ and minivans....

[eerie organ music] come ... Join us ... You will be happy ... Forever ...and ever ... [/eerie organ music]

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... I hereby condemn you to a suburban life of backyard BBQ and minivans....

[eerie organ music] come ... Join us ... You will be happy ... Forever ...and ever ... [/eerie organ music]

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"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence." - Mahatma Ghandi

Fire

ZS of course.... Is plan9 one of us too I wonder?

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Plan9

Maybe.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

longbough

I'll have to hang out at ZS more often again ...

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"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence." - Mahatma Ghandi

Fire

or is plan 9 in fact a secret ZOMBIE

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Plan9

*insert pertinent Kurt Russell end quote from The Thing*

...

Ya know, all these" servivalist" (service culture / mall ninja) / EDC (man purse) forums are largely good for one thing: humor.

If you've got a $120 bag and can't do 30 pushups... your tough guy survival priorities are way off. Too many FUPAs under those 5.11 pants.

And I'm all about intelligent conversation on the topic, but the geerqeerness is off the charts these days.

/bullshit gripe about obvious

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