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Unread 10-01-2022, 07:42 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Vlim View Post
It all depends a bit on what you paid for it.
There is no such thing as a Black Widow. Just a marketing ploy to sell lugers with black plastic grips, which is all they are.
Vlim is correct about the "Black Widow" term. It was invented by a well known Luger collector and salesman named Ralph Shattock many years ago because the plastic grip Mauser Lugers weren't selling. The name caught on and now the black plastic grips are desirable to some people. The name has no basis in fact.
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