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snipershot1944 · 03-20-2022, 08:47 PM

I have heard that Mauser used Walnut and Beech “leftover” pieces from rifle stocks as the primary source of wood for Luger grips. By1941, most rifles were being stocked with laminate material. Hence less wood for grips.

The P38 pistols primarily had plastic grips from day one. They used wood filler (sawdust) later in the war to stretch the plastic resin.

03-20-2022, 08:47 PM	#4
snipershot1944 User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, part of the occupied Confederacy Posts: 299 Thanks: 15 Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts	I have heard that Mauser used Walnut and Beech “leftover” pieces from rifle stocks as the primary source of wood for Luger grips. By1941, most rifles were being stocked with laminate material. Hence less wood for grips. The P38 pistols primarily had plastic grips from day one. They used wood filler (sawdust) later in the war to stretch the plastic resin.