New Vet Bringbacks

josef · 12-18-2005, 01:04 AM

I had the opportunity to aquire this P08 from a Canadian vet this past week. His wife wanted all guns out of the house. I actually met him while he was signing a couple of his books he had written on Canadian military history during WW2. We got to talking and he offered to sell me his Luger. It is a 1940 dated 42 code P08 sn 6768K all matching except magazine. He picked it up while taking refuge in a bunker in the Rhineland in 1945 off a deceased German.
He had kept the bore clean, but it needed a good going over pretty much everywhere else. I could not resist, his story was fascinating. The Canadian Firearms Center confirmed this author had registered this gun in 1946 upon his return to Canada.
He also gave me a Langenhan pistol he took from a Luftwaffe officer. A great man and I was very pleased to aquire these pieces of history. Hope the pics are okay, thanks for looking.
Joe

12-18-2005, 01:04 AM	#1
josef User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: CANADA Posts: 194 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	New Vet Bringbacks I had the opportunity to aquire this P08 from a Canadian vet this past week. His wife wanted all guns out of the house. I actually met him while he was signing a couple of his books he had written on Canadian military history during WW2. We got to talking and he offered to sell me his Luger. It is a 1940 dated 42 code P08 sn 6768K all matching except magazine. He picked it up while taking refuge in a bunker in the Rhineland in 1945 off a deceased German. He had kept the bore clean, but it needed a good going over pretty much everywhere else. I could not resist, his story was fascinating. The Canadian Firearms Center confirmed this author had registered this gun in 1946 upon his return to Canada. He also gave me a Langenhan pistol he took from a Luftwaffe officer. A great man and I was very pleased to aquire these pieces of history. Hope the pics are okay, thanks for looking. Joe