Mauser Grips

Mike · 02-14-2012, 08:54 PM

Hi, new member here. I have just gotten started in collecting by purchasing my first luger. A 1940 42 655 stamp Mauser ser#3881a all matching numbers with one matching mag. I just recently fired it, and upon stripping it down for cleaning found all numbers do match with one exception. The grips, which are wooden, have no numbers stamped on them. I have read where they will have either the last 2 numbers, as everthing else does,, or the 655 stamp. I have also heard that some have no markings on them at all. The only thing i see is what looks like a "W" or possibly an "M' on one of them. Is it true some are not stamped at all??? They appear to be as old as the gun and look just like all the other grips I have looked at on the guns i was looing at before I purchased this one. Any help, thoughts or ideas would greatly be appreciated. Thanks,,, Mike

02-14-2012, 08:54 PM	#1
Mike New User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Easton PA Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mauser Grips Hi, new member here. I have just gotten started in collecting by purchasing my first luger. A 1940 42 655 stamp Mauser ser#3881a all matching numbers with one matching mag. I just recently fired it, and upon stripping it down for cleaning found all numbers do match with one exception. The grips, which are wooden, have no numbers stamped on them. I have read where they will have either the last 2 numbers, as everthing else does,, or the 655 stamp. I have also heard that some have no markings on them at all. The only thing i see is what looks like a "W" or possibly an "M' on one of them. Is it true some are not stamped at all??? They appear to be as old as the gun and look just like all the other grips I have looked at on the guns i was looing at before I purchased this one. Any help, thoughts or ideas would greatly be appreciated. Thanks,,, Mike