Luger grips

[G.T.]

Hi Bob, I have on occasion, when the grips are original, but a little loose, I try to shim them up a little! Here's what I do.
I cut some brown paper from a paper bag, grocery bag, or any brown paper you can find. I then stain the strips with brown leather die, but you could even use magic marker, just make them brown. Then you have to saturate the strips with superglue. Then, cutting the strips to fit, I super glue them to whatever area that needs shimming. Trim the excess with a razor knife. repeat as necesary to build up the voids and gaps... You'll find that very little, and very small pieces are needed for success.. Let me know how you turn out.. Best, til....lat'r....GT

[clubcoz1]

The 'finer checkering' I refered to wasn't with the Turkish grips ( I have no turkish grips with checkering )... it was with the ones I picked up from Simpson, Ltd. The Turkish grips aren't perfect either, but they offer different patterns for a more personalized look at a much more resonable price...I personally consider wood grips generally to be a 'consumable', but if I had a Luger with a matching set of grips it probably has all matching numbers too and I would not want to damage my investment by shooting it. Not the case with my recent shooter purchases...they're not good, but they're good enough...I'll post some pictures of the grips if I get a chance. I realize my opinion runs contrary to the community at large, but I'm not dropping $200-300+ on what amounts to non-matching grips, at least until I hit the lottery...lol.