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Unread 02-27-2004, 12:00 AM   #9
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Herb, To conserve oil, of which the plastic grips were a biproduct, some late war Mauser SVW/45 P38 grips were of stamped steel. These were probably in house when the French took over the Mauser plant and so were used on their SVW/45 and 46s in the g,h & i suffixs. TH
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