[George Anderson]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

George, was European Walnut the wood of choice for everything wooden in regards for lugers? I ran across this reference and there are different varieties~ http://wenig.com/technical-info/wood-descriptions

The German's used European walnut for rifle stocks, Luger grips and Luger magazine bottoms until the supply of walnut began to run out in 1916 at which point they used beech. The stocks for artillery and navy Lugers were always made with European walnut.