1917 Artillery

George Anderson · 01-09-2010, 04:23 PM

Regarding your grips and pistol Jack. Are the grips beech or walnut? What letter block is the serial number. I have a '17 in the g block with unnumbered beech grips and a 1918 with unnumbered beech grips. I am certain that both pistold retain their original grips. On other 17's I have from the f block forward the beech grips are numbered. I also note that the serial number as stamped into beech grips is very faint compared to numbers stamped into walnut. Probably a combination of color and texture.

01-09-2010, 04:23 PM	#4
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Regarding your grips and pistol Jack. Are the grips beech or walnut? What letter block is the serial number. I have a '17 in the g block with unnumbered beech grips and a 1918 with unnumbered beech grips. I am certain that both pistold retain their original grips. On other 17's I have from the f block forward the beech grips are numbered. I also note that the serial number as stamped into beech grips is very faint compared to numbers stamped into walnut. Probably a combination of color and texture.