A question re: "9" marked grip Artillery Lugers

Big Norm · 07-14-2004, 03:11 PM

PAOLO.
you are right, a nice Luger with a nice set of grips are pretty. But replacing a set of original grips that may be broken or badly dented on an otherwise nice Luger is forgivable to a collector. The same can be said, in my case, for replacing an ill fitting repro set of grips.I would never replace an original set of grips that are matching and in good condition with something else.

Some day, hopefully in the near future, I will upgrade my computer and get a digital camera. Then you will see the chamber dated 1914 DWM artillery that I put my "Trench Art" grips on. I am sure that you will agree that these grips look better than the badly fitting repro grips that came with the gun. I put the "Trench Art" grips on that artillery Luger because the wear on the grips looked more appropriate than did the wear on my "Red Nine" grips on this particular gun. I am sure that if I showed this gun to your friend, Mauro, he would say, "WOW! I would like to buy this gun from you for a big box of gold!".

And I would have to say, "Please Mauro, I am an honest man. Not such a big box.". <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />

But these weapons are nearly 90 years old and have been through a number of different people, each with their particular tastes. I would never say that just because I purchased an artillery Luger with a set of "Red Nine" grips that that would mean that the gun originally came with these grips.

Big Norm

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07-14-2004, 03:11 PM	#13
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	PAOLO. you are right, a nice Luger with a nice set of grips are pretty. But replacing a set of original grips that may be broken or badly dented on an otherwise nice Luger is forgivable to a collector. The same can be said, in my case, for replacing an ill fitting repro set of grips.I would never replace an original set of grips that are matching and in good condition with something else. Some day, hopefully in the near future, I will upgrade my computer and get a digital camera. Then you will see the chamber dated 1914 DWM artillery that I put my "Trench Art" grips on. I am sure that you will agree that these grips look better than the badly fitting repro grips that came with the gun. I put the "Trench Art" grips on that artillery Luger because the wear on the grips looked more appropriate than did the wear on my "Red Nine" grips on this particular gun. I am sure that if I showed this gun to your friend, Mauro, he would say, "WOW! I would like to buy this gun from you for a big box of gold!". And I would have to say, "Please Mauro, I am an honest man. Not such a big box.". <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> But these weapons are nearly 90 years old and have been through a number of different people, each with their particular tastes. I would never say that just because I purchased an artillery Luger with a set of "Red Nine" grips that that would mean that the gun originally came with these grips. Big Norm