Grips are part of the pistol, methinks

Edward Tinker · 11-19-2003, 03:56 PM

Sorry, the every fifth was an approx that was more of a feeling. My point is that I have been told that not all grips are categorically marked.

If I may quote part of what Jan Still wrote on his forum (further information on his forum):

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Erfurt grips are always serial numbered.
Imperial DWM grips are not always numbered.
Mauser grips are not always numbered.
Simson grips appear to be all or almost all numbered.<hr /></blockquote>So, since I was relying on information from talking to several collectors last spring, this was my assumption on grip markings:
Some are marked, but many were not marked to start with.

But I could see that many collectors on the forum do not necessarily agree with this. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

Ed

11-19-2003, 03:56 PM	#31
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	Sorry, the every fifth was an approx that was more of a feeling. My point is that I have been told that not all grips are categorically marked. If I may quote part of what Jan Still wrote on his forum (further information on his forum): </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Erfurt grips are always serial numbered. Imperial DWM grips are not always numbered. Mauser grips are not always numbered. Simson grips appear to be all or almost all numbered.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">So, since I was relying on information from talking to several collectors last spring, this was my assumption on grip markings: Some are marked, but many were not marked to start with. But I could see that many collectors on the forum do not necessarily agree with this. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV