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07-24-2009, 01:25 PM | #1 |
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07-24-2009, 04:32 PM | #2 |
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This is great. LMAO!!
What will they think off next? I think we will not put this variation in the book 'just yet' |
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A spider encased in plastic and glued to the grips would be great for those "Black Widows".
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07-24-2009, 05:45 PM | #4 |
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...But do the brown grips have the "SA" emblem???...
OK, all kidding aside...Why would anyone claim - "Excellent used East German grips.I knew the Germans had a purpose for the molded circle on these grips,so when the war ended this is what it was for (SS). 1 Black and 1 brown available." If you're going to try to make them out to be a special SS item, why say "when the war ended"??? Why not say "Issued to the SS troops led by Skorzeny for the rescue of Mussolini at Gran Sasso"... If you get a green light...go for broke!!! |
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I guess
I saw the same "Super Sport" grips a while ago on ebay.
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Apparently there were no "serious bidders" since he did not get a single bid.
He might have had better luck if he had restricted the bidding to "humorous bidders only."
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10-04-2009, 08:56 AM | #8 |
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OK, now on the serious side.
A simple question: Why would a country, driven by necessity and lacking the commercial and free enterpreneurship of it's western counterpart, bother to include the bullseye logo into the grip design? One thing I noticed (and for which I got trashed repeatedly ) is that the symbol is almost an exact copy of the ring design of the 1904 magazine button design. This design, usually referred to as the 'navy type', as the German Imperial Navy accepted their pistols with this particular magazine button design, is strikingly similar in size and number of rings. An old world (and longtime) collector hinted that the ring design on the 1904 magazines was to identify the magazine as being a 9mm version with a stronger mainspring. This persuaded me to formulate this simple question: 'What if the DDR copied the 1904 'rings' pattern on their grips to identify them as 9x19 para pistols?'. Of course, some rightfully argued 'why no similar markings on other DDR made guns?'. |
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I can't think of any reason to put one on a set of grips...maybe for commemorative purposes...like the reunion of a military unit, perhaps... I would love to hear this sellers' explanation of these grips...maybe if the Luger was lost, the finder could return it to the nearest SS barracks??? Oh, yeah!!! |
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