New collector, New gun, and odd grips!

Lugerdoc · 12-02-2003, 11:00 AM

BYF42, I've run into these plexiglass grips with photos inside on several types of Nazi era pistols (Radoms, FNHPs, FN22s, etc. I think that they were added during the war by the German soliders to replace damaged or ill fitting wood grips (yours should probably have the last two digits of the serial stamped inside, if original to this pistol) but I doubt that they were made from "aircraft canopies" which would be much thicker. Probably from scrap shipping containers of some type. TH

12-02-2003, 11:00 AM	#5
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	BYF42, I've run into these plexiglass grips with photos inside on several types of Nazi era pistols (Radoms, FNHPs, FN22s, etc. I think that they were added during the war by the German soliders to replace damaged or ill fitting wood grips (yours should probably have the last two digits of the serial stamped inside, if original to this pistol) but I doubt that they were made from "aircraft canopies" which would be much thicker. Probably from scrap shipping containers of some type. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

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