Grips are part of the pistol, methinks

Luke · 11-19-2003, 10:34 AM

Dwight -

I recently posted an inquiry about late WW-I Lugers with grip panels which were clearly authentic, but which had no serial numbers, some having a single upper-case letter. For example, I have a pristine (and honest) 1918 which has authentic grips which only have an upper-case "P" on the inside.

The response from Jan Still (and a few others) was that not all of the late WW-I Lugers had the grip panels numbered.

I wonder if anyone else has any information on the possiblilty that DWM got careless about this practice near the end of the Great War.

11-19-2003, 10:34 AM	#26
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 7 Posts	Dwight - I recently posted an inquiry about late WW-I Lugers with grip panels which were clearly authentic, but which had no serial numbers, some having a single upper-case letter. For example, I have a pristine (and honest) 1918 which has authentic grips which only have an upper-case "P" on the inside. The response from Jan Still (and a few others) was that not all of the late WW-I Lugers had the grip panels numbered. I wonder if anyone else has any information on the possiblilty that DWM got careless about this practice near the end of the Great War. __________________ "Peace, if possible; truth, at any cost." . . . Martin Luther