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03-07-2015, 06:26 PM | #1 |
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Aluminum Grips
I picked these up off Ebay and thought I'd post FYI. Reading past postings, there seemed to be speculation on them being made by a local parts maker from pot metal in a mold made from a set of wooden grips to a custom grip maker's project. These included an article that they were made in France as replacement parts. They don't have any markings and seem to be made from a mold of a wooden set out of aluminum - not pot metal. They also do not include a gap for the grip safety as found on some Franzite grips. They fit nicely and look kind of nifty, but as they say 'the truth is out there'...
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03-07-2015, 06:36 PM | #2 |
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Looks pretty cool!!!
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03-07-2015, 09:07 PM | #3 |
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Never hear that in France : it would be interesting where found was this info
Steel grips only on french P38 All French P.08 are found with beech grips and eagle 135
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WOW, that is pretty cool!
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I have been looking for a good pair for years...
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03-11-2015, 09:43 AM | #6 |
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I think they would have been even nicer if they had used the byf 41 bakelite grips as the model for the aluminum mold instead of a well worn wooden set of grips!
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