This listing is for a Pre-Owned Mitchell Arms American Eagle P-08 Luger Pistol, this pistol will ship in the factory box with (4) magazines. Please see all pictures, the firearm you see is the exact firearm you will receive. Thank you for viewing!
“In the early 90s Mitchell Arms was the first to bring forth a new P-08 – an all-stainless steel one true to original designs. The company contracted a small Texas manufacturer by the name of Aimco to produce them. Although the guns were only made for about a decade, they can still be found used, a lot of which in good condition, if you hunt a bit.
If you have any experience with an original WWII-era Luger the first thing you might notice is just how good of a reproduction the Mitchell Arms P-08 is, at least in terms of the appearance. The fit and finish is quite good and, on top of that, original magazines work fine in the Mitchell Arms version.
A magazine might seem like a fairly trivial thing to focus on, but in the case of the Luger, having a magazine that fits properly and has the right spring pressure is critically important. You see, the toggle-action design of the gun requires the correct balance between the main recoil spring and the magazine spring. If that balance is off, if one of the springs doesn’t have the right pressure, then the whole system won’t work properly, and there will be jams in the gun. The fact that the Mitchell Arms reproduction works with both original and new magazines says a lot.
The experience of shooting the Mitchell Arms P-08 was just like shooting an original Luger in almost all regards. I can confidently say that because I shot the two back-to-back, with no time lag, so I could make an immediate comparison. It had the same dynamic to the recoil. Some of the energy you feel does come straight back as in any modern slide-design gun, but there’s also some re-direction of the energy upward thanks to the way the articulated joint moves. And since it is at the back of the gun, it tends to change the dynamics of how the gun moves in your hand. So, it was a good gun. Well made and attractive. Most of the reports I have read about these guns indicates that they also age pretty well…”
