I've yet to find the handgun I couldn't like for SOME reason or another or that I couldn't shoot relatively well with practice, including 1911s. For me to not like the gun, it's gotta be a true POS, inaccurate or won't run without problems or something.
I felt the same way about a Luger a friend wanted to sell to me. Fine guns both, just not for me.
You were looking at a P08 for CARRY or actual USE?????
The P08 is a beautifully made gun. It is a machinist's work of art. It makes a 1911 look clumsy and stamped. It is, however, a gun to be owned and cherished for what it is, not something you actually would USE even if it fires 100 percent and is accurate. It's a work of gunmaking art and history, not a CCW carry gun.
I don't like Glocks for carry, either, for one reason, "safe action". Other than that, they're fine shootin' guns, good firearms. I could carry one safed out with an 8 lb trigger spring and that plastic insert that goes behind the trigger, but there are better guns for me out there.
I don't care much for 1911s because I had two that refused to fire anything I'd wanna carry in 'em. I'd want something much smaller and lighter for carry, anyway, so I don't have one anymore. But, that's just me. JMB ain't running out of worshippers anytime soon. I'm sure some of the higher dollar ones are fine shooting weapons. I ain't got the price of admission even if I wanted one, and I don't, nor do I wish to buy an affordable one again.