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Unread 09-16-2013, 10:49 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by SteveM View Post
As far as interchangeability goes, I have yet to find 2 Lugers that you could swap the grips and they fit perfectly.
Steve, I bought a pair of '06 style grips from Argentina last year. I have two '06 AEs, one of each frame style. They fit my long frame model like a glove; the short frame, well, not so much.

Although Lugers follow dimension specs quite closely, there will always be a touch of difference because the tooling and machinery incorporated guidance by a machinist. Once this human factor is added, the door is open for variation, no matter how slight. It is not unusual to do a bit of hand fitting/sanding/filing to persuade grips to fit properly, whether originals or repros. But I think originals would always fit better from the start than repros.
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