Hi to all! I have made custom grips for Mr. John V. Martz, mostly at the end of his carear. It was a very labor intensive task, and sometimes took months to achive satisfactory results...
It seem that a perfect fit on one Luger, was an impossible fit on another? I narrowed it down to early DWM, later DWM, and Mauser. The best you could hope for was a decent fit when you stayed with the same manufacture, and same time frame.
In recent years, I have completely gotten away from all the cheap aftermanket grips, as my standards, and the bar for quality is set quite high?
About a year ago, in one of my friendly interactions with another forum member, I aquired a very nice set of grips, they looked perfect! So, with great expectations, I tried them on several DWM Lugers and was totally disappointed in the fact that they would fit none of them??? And so they laid around for several months and one day just for giggles and laughs, I tried them on a byf Mauser frame. Perfect fit! Actually better than a custom set... Tried them on other Mauser frames, everytime, perfect fit!!!
Soooo, I did a little research, mostly search, and found them to be Nill Griffe manufacture.
In the mean time, another forum member, and a good friend, sent me a set of grips he had purchased from Germany, and although just slightly less quality than the Nill Griffe, the fit perfectly on DWM frames! So I ordered a dozen of them with the help on my forum member friend, and when I opened the box, it contained a dozen Nill Griffe sets which was no help in securing a quality replacement for DWM's. But, now I know the rules, and there is a source, or was a source, for extremely nice and proper fitting sets out there?
If you have the Mauser frame, buy the Nill Griffe set and be done with it... I know someone that has a few sets!
Best to all, til.......lat'r.....GT
