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05-18-2009, 07:02 PM | #1 |
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Sweetheart Grips
These grips used to turn up on guns regularly at the gun shows years ago. You see them less now as I suppose subsequent buyers removed and kept the sweetheart grips and replaced them with factory correct grips.
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I have a pair for a Luger
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09-06-2009, 05:37 PM | #3 |
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I have never seen a pair of these "sweetheart grips" Could you post a picture of them?
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09-06-2009, 06:06 PM | #4 |
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Sweetheart Grips
Here is a picture of the grips on a Government .45 before the picture of the sweetheart has been added.
These appeared for sale on www.gunbroker.com So these are modern made; however, the ones made during the war are very similar, except the plexiglass may turn a little bit yellow with age, etc. Mauser720 - Ron |
09-06-2009, 06:13 PM | #5 |
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Thank you!
Very nice. Will look even better with a "Vargas" type pin-up girl added
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I believe these are what you are looking for? Although I am not selling them, I provided a picture for this thread to show what they look like. I will be posting some better pictures of this Luger in the New Collectors Forum as I am a new member to this Forum. The women in the picture is my Grandfathers Sister, on the reverse side in my Grandmother. Last edited by jswilli1; 01-04-2010 at 06:01 PM. Reason: Addition of pics of Sweetheart Grips |
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01-01-2010, 08:50 PM | #7 |
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Very nice. I imagine the gun was bought back by your grandfather?
There was a pair of those grips that where just sold on E-bay. I missed out.I thought they would look good on my WW2 nickeled vet bring back DWM. It would be like a poor mans luger BBQ gun. How does the magazine thumb rest not interfere with the picture? Bob
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I will take some closeup photo's of the grips to add to this thread this weekend and put the details of the gun in the New Collectors Forum. The pistol is all original, all matching numbers including the Magazine. |
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01-02-2010, 10:56 AM | #9 |
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Do you have the original, numbered grips for it?
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Unfortuanately no the grips are long gone.
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01-02-2010, 01:48 PM | #11 |
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I retired from a Naval Air Station or referred to as a Naval Aircraft Rework facility. There they did a complete overhaul and manufacturing of Naval aircraft parts and assemblies. If you can find someone who worked or works in the fiberglass or canopy shops, they would be the experts that you are looking for. You might also try the airlines rework facilities close to where you live, or you might find someone in the automotive fiberglass business. I have seen what these people can do with plexiglass, and it's unbelievable.
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I added addition pictures of the Sweetheart Grips to my OP above (#09).
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01-05-2010, 10:31 AM | #13 |
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For those who have these grips and wish to add or change the view inside, I have a set of reproduction semi-nude "bathing beauty" cards that are about the right size (currently 2&1/4 x 3&1/2") that if cut down would fit most pistol grips @$5 each. Specify blond or brunette and clothed or otherwise. TH
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What! No Redheads?
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