P04, P06, P08 navy lugers

Major Tom · 03-28-2018, 08:30 AM

Would someone explain the differences between these navy lugers?
Thank you

DonVoigt · 03-28-2018, 10:06 AM

Have you tried the search feature for each model?
This info is all there in the Navy sub-forum, and has been shown many times with pictures.
Without getting into the details- which would be a small book- simplified :

04- still has the flat mainspring, grip safety
06- has the coil mainspring, grip safety
08- has the features of the P 08, no grip safety.

As I said this is an OVER simplification, P08 can cover at least 3 or 5 distinctly different models; in addition there are variants of the 06 and the 04.

You really need a book, there is a small one available for not too much $$:The Navy Luger by Goertz and Walter.

hayhugh · 03-28-2018, 10:06 AM

Photos?

Norme · 03-28-2018, 11:28 AM

Just to further confuse the issue, the letter P denotes official German military acceptance and the number denotes the year of that acceptance. Navy Lugers were accepted in 1904 hence P04, Army Lugers in 1908 hence P08, and the Walther replacement in 1938, hence P38. There never was a P06.
Norm

Major Tom · 03-28-2018, 05:24 PM

[QUOTE=DonVoigt;314937]Have you tried the search feature for each model?
This info is all there in the Navy sub-forum, and has been shown many times with pictures.

OK, so I searched all over and could not find a navy sub-forum.

DonVoigt · 04-13-2018, 10:59 PM

[QUOTE=Major Tom;314958]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Have you tried the search feature for each model?
This info is all there in the Navy sub-forum, and has been shown many times with pictures.

OK, so I searched all over and could not find a navy sub-forum.

Tom this is the navy sub-forum.

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Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 484 Thanks: 533 Thanked 227 Times in 124 Posts	P04, P06, P08 navy lugers Would someone explain the differences between these navy lugers? Thank you __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

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DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,442 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	Have you tried the search feature for each model? This info is all there in the Navy sub-forum, and has been shown many times with pictures. Without getting into the details- which would be a small book- simplified : 04- still has the flat mainspring, grip safety 06- has the coil mainspring, grip safety 08- has the features of the P 08, no grip safety. As I said this is an OVER simplification, P08 can cover at least 3 or 5 distinctly different models; in addition there are variants of the 06 and the 04. You really need a book, there is a small one available for not too much $$:The Navy Luger by Goertz and Walter. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 484 Thanks: 533 Thanked 227 Times in 124 Posts	[QUOTE=DonVoigt;314937]Have you tried the search feature for each model? This info is all there in the Navy sub-forum, and has been shown many times with pictures. OK, so I searched all over and could not find a navy sub-forum. __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

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03-28-2018, 11:28 AM	#4
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,603 Times in 933 Posts	Just to further confuse the issue, the letter P denotes official German military acceptance and the number denotes the year of that acceptance. Navy Lugers were accepted in 1904 hence P04, Army Lugers in 1908 hence P08, and the Walther replacement in 1938, hence P38. There never was a P06. Norm