</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by John Sabato:
<strong>Sieger,
I have never seen anything in print about "offically" produced aluminum grips. Without provenance, I would think this falls into the class of a Luger wive's tale...
The few aluminum grips (for any gun, not just Lugers)I have seen looked like some machinists personal pet project instead of something that was in production... Do your "luftwaffe" grips have any kind of stamps on them that would lead you to believe that there were official issue. Even so I would be skeptical...
Could you post some good clear photos of both sides your aluminum grips for us all to examine?
Has anyone else seen anything else about this from a reliable reference source?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">John:
I have no way of posting photos, but the comments made here seem correct to me.
They appear to have been cast from molds made of a pair of original grips, not all that perfectly either.
There are no Waffenampt markings on them, or, for that matter, any other markings on them of any kind. They appear to have been a "Hobby" effort.
Whether or not they were actually on a P-08 during the war would be difficult to establish, however, the workmanship is not up to German standards, even last ditch standards.
Luckly, I paid practically nothing for them, which is probably exactly what they are worth, nothing!
Sieger
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