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Unread 05-01-2014, 08:56 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by chevy View Post
Thanks for all the replies. My grips are reddish brown looks to me like walnut pretty oil stained in some places. The sites have not been altered.
The grips are proper for that period.

WWII grips were not finished on the back side. The only exception were the early German Hi Powers as the Germans used the pre war Belgian ones that were in the bins when the Germans took over the FN plant.
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