Repro "special" Luger grips- when and where made?
 

I have seen this grips from time to time- from the craftmansside they are well made and fit perfect. As far as i know they are found from time to time in the USA, this pair was found in the relief of an german gun collector two years ago, he was an collector since the early 1950s.

Anyone know who made them and from where they came?

PS. No doubt for me that they are "fake" !

http://up.picr.de/32528046hc.jpg

http://up.picr.de/32528047ap.jpg

no idea - but the P08 grip is much harder than say, a 1911 to make - I have made them for a 1911 several times, but the P08 seemed pretty daunting...

These almost look like stamped aluminum sheet...Or maybe cast... :confused:

Did you Photoshop out any Nazi markings/insignia when you posted it on your Deutschland site???

My $ would be on stamped construction. These seem to fit in the same manner as VoPo grips, which are also hollow. They should be held secure by the grip screws and also locking in at the top. They don't depend on vertical ribs on the back, as we see on walnut grips.

Who edited the pic by blacking out the medallions? I don't believe we're shy here, and can put up with a swastika or two in proper context. ;)

It's posted on a German site; swastikas are illegal there, as are any Nazi emblems, insignias, portraits of Nazi leaders, etc... :(

Even computer games like Return To Castle Wolfenstein are banned...The two 'hidden' levels of Doom2 are banned/edited for Nazi content...

What's that black blob where the swastika is supposed to be? :D :evilgrin:

:DA better question might be why there were swastikas when they should have been black blobs?!:D

many thanks for this helpfull answers- i see real power of knowledge.

Anytime I see aluminum construction for grips, my first inclination is Mexican manufacture... at least in my experience... the only german produced grips I have seen made out sheet aluminum were P.38 grips... I don't remember if they were prototypes (cause they were running out of materials for plastic), or if they were limited quantity production grips.

These grips of course would have been post-WW2 commercially made.

Very late war German "Grey Ghost" P38 pistols have the stamped aluminum grips and a phosphate finish. I agree with John that these types of grips are generally Mexican. I've seen hundreds of 1911 Grips made from pot metal all the way to silver with gold inlays.