1917 Artillery

George Anderson · 01-09-2010, 03:23 PM

Regarding your grips and pistol Jack. Are the grips beech or walnut? What letter block is the serial number. I have a '17 in the g block with unnumbered beech grips and a 1918 with unnumbered beech grips. I am certain that both pistold retain their original grips. On other 17's I have from the f block forward the beech grips are numbered. I also note that the serial number as stamped into beech grips is very faint compared to numbers stamped into walnut. Probably a combination of color and texture.

CAP Black · 01-09-2010, 04:45 PM

My luger is of the g block. My other lugers have walnut grips. This one appears to be just like them. I haven't seen a beech wood one. Although I assume that wood is much lighter in color. I haven't cleaned these grips yet. They may be lighter when I take 93 years of grime & grit off. Your comments are very interesting and comforting and appreciated. Tell me more about beech wood ones.

LUIS22 · 10-27-2010, 09:20 PM

It my understanding that non matching grips are not that important same as the magazine....as long all other numbers match...

01-09-2010, 04:45 PM	#2
CAP Black User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fairmont, WV Right here in Mountaineer country and God's country Posts: 767 Thanks: 100 Thanked 174 Times in 96 Posts	many thanks My luger is of the g block. My other lugers have walnut grips. This one appears to be just like them. I haven't seen a beech wood one. Although I assume that wood is much lighter in color. I haven't cleaned these grips yet. They may be lighter when I take 93 years of grime & grit off. Your comments are very interesting and comforting and appreciated. Tell me more about beech wood ones.

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01-09-2010, 03:23 PM	#1
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Regarding your grips and pistol Jack. Are the grips beech or walnut? What letter block is the serial number. I have a '17 in the g block with unnumbered beech grips and a 1918 with unnumbered beech grips. I am certain that both pistold retain their original grips. On other 17's I have from the f block forward the beech grips are numbered. I also note that the serial number as stamped into beech grips is very faint compared to numbers stamped into walnut. Probably a combination of color and texture.

10-27-2010, 09:20 PM	#3
LUIS22 User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 42 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	It my understanding that non matching grips are not that important same as the magazine....as long all other numbers match...