Question about black widow Lugers and wooden grip guns

mrerick · 08-26-2020, 10:17 AM

I bought one of Ralph's specials from a MidWestern buyer whom Ralph sold on the mystique of the "black widow"...

It did, in fact, come with original bakelite grips... except that the left one was actually a type 1 Brown Ritzmann grip that Ralph had carefully lacquered black`.....

The black goo came off cleanly with the right chemical cleaning... I still have that grip available should anyone need it for a Krieghoff where it belongs.

The one thing that does make bakelite grips and magazine bases useful is that they are not numbered (except for the magazines of the Ku pistols). That means that you can suddenly have a "matching" Luger by replacing wood grips and aluminum based magazines with the Bakelite variety. That is why these parts are expensive.

08-26-2020, 10:17 AM	#8
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,376 Thanked 3,140 Times in 1,520 Posts	I bought one of Ralph's specials from a MidWestern buyer whom Ralph sold on the mystique of the "black widow"... It did, in fact, come with original bakelite grips... except that the left one was actually a type 1 Brown Ritzmann grip that Ralph had carefully lacquered black`..... The black goo came off cleanly with the right chemical cleaning... I still have that grip available should anyone need it for a Krieghoff where it belongs. The one thing that does make bakelite grips and magazine bases useful is that they are not numbered (except for the magazines of the Ku pistols). That means that you can suddenly have a "matching" Luger by replacing wood grips and aluminum based magazines with the Bakelite variety. That is why these parts are expensive. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.