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Thor · 01-11-2002, 05:58 AM

The ANSWER IS YES, your Luger was made in Germany and thus is a "German Luger"! The Black Widow Luger Term is NOT GERMAN! The term was coined by American Dealers to DESCRIBE GERMAN MILITY models that fall in the byf 41 and 42 categories that have black plastic grips (the original kind) Jan Still reports that around 20% of all GERMAN ARMY MILITARY Mauser Lugers in the byf coding made in the years 1941 and 1942 had these grips (The rest were issued with Checkered Walnut grips) and by AMERICAN Terms (at least from certain collectors) they were called BLACK WIDOWS. The LUGER IS GERMAN, the TERM Black Widow is American! HTH

~Thor~

01-11-2002, 05:58 AM	#8
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 971 Times in 277 Posts	Re: But is it a German Luger? The ANSWER IS YES, your Luger was made in Germany and thus is a "German Luger"! The Black Widow Luger Term is NOT GERMAN! The term was coined by American Dealers to DESCRIBE GERMAN MILITY models that fall in the byf 41 and 42 categories that have black plastic grips (the original kind) Jan Still reports that around 20% of all GERMAN ARMY MILITARY Mauser Lugers in the byf coding made in the years 1941 and 1942 had these grips (The rest were issued with Checkered Walnut grips) and by AMERICAN Terms (at least from certain collectors) they were called BLACK WIDOWS. The LUGER IS GERMAN, the TERM Black Widow is American! HTH ~Thor~