Repro "special" Luger grips- when and where made?

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Originally Posted by John Sabato

Anytime I see aluminum construction for grips, my first inclination is Mexican manufacture... at least in my experience... the only german produced grips I have seen made out sheet aluminum were P.38 grips... I don't remember if they were prototypes (cause they were running out of materials for plastic), or if they were limited quantity production grips.

These grips of course would have been post-WW2 commercially made.

Very late war German "Grey Ghost" P38 pistols have the stamped aluminum grips and a phosphate finish. I agree with John that these types of grips are generally Mexican. I've seen hundreds of 1911 Grips made from pot metal all the way to silver with gold inlays.