Franzite grips
 

Bought a few sets of "Franzite" grips to replace the ugly black grips that came on my 1918 DWM capture luger. They are too short (Top to bottom) Are they for a different model, as they seem well made other wise? I had bought a set of brown/black Vopo grips earlier, and they fit my pistol fine. Whats the deal? any body know? Anybody need a set? (I've got 4 sets, 2 ivory, 1 brown, and 1 imitation stag.)Thanks for any info, Duane

Hello Duane,

You probably picked up some plastic grips for the Erma line of .22 and .380 cal. "lugers"...just my guess...

Post them on e-Bay and you will probably sell them off...

Regards,

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Capnduane,

Those Franzite grips were made back in the '50's-'60's out of a plastic that shrinks with age. When they were new they would have fit your Luger!

Hugh

Hugh is correct. These Franzite grips are worthless. TH

The VOPO grips are the best deal around for shooter Lugers... They may require fitting for DWM and Erfurt frames but they fit my 41 BYF perfectly...

I remember the Franzite grips from the time when they did fit... unfortunately, age makes a lot of things shrink :D

Back about 1967 - maybe '68 - I bought a 1916 DWM Luger from a pawn shop in Tacoma, WA, for the terrible price of $55...... a lot of money for an E-3 at that time. It was matching but pitted and rough. The bore was pitted too, although the rifling was strong and sharp edged. It had a pair of those awful Franzite pearl-lite grips on it and looked like I'd stolen it from a cat house! I shot many hundreds of Lyman TC cast bullets through that gun with 6.0 grains of Unique and I don't recall EVER having a jam or failure to feed. That was one reliable pistol and I wish I still owned it... with different grips, of course!