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#1 ·
Hi, i just bought my 1st P.38 it's a AC over 43...4907f. it has black plastic grips on it, i was told they were correct, when i removed them i could not find any markings on the inside, they do look the same age as the gun, is it possible that some were not marked, or are they copys ? if pic's will help i'll be glad to post them. Thanks.
 
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I'm not much into the p38 , have a Cyq made in 43 and thought that the bakelite grips got progressively more brown as the war progressed. That at least appears to be the case for Spreeworks. Year of production for the Spreeworks was noted on a P38 forum site , but do not remember specifics as I obtained the info I needed as to production year via # and suffix.

Docf
 
#10 ·
I have a K block AC 43 with the same black "Polyamid-6" grips on mine. They are type I, that have the two empty circles on the lower inside part of the left grip and a spir on the inside of the right. I purchased this gun from the vet over 35 years ago. I have the book Tom is talking about. It says these might be on AC44 or AC45. Well, with yours, that makes two AC43's that have them.
Jeff
 
#12 · (Edited)
Hi Jeff,
i did go to www.p38guns.com and it shows a p38 ac over 43 second variation which has the black plastic grip's with the two empty circles, it also shows shows some later guns with the brown bakeilite grips, it seems like the grips came from a diff. co. then the P 38s and that might explane why the mix of grips, the expert there said no one is sure why.
But from what i have read im 99% sure the black grips came with the AC over 43 second variation P 38, or at least some of them.
Jeff i tried to post a pic. of my p 38, did not work. my email is... lboos1@yahoo.com
if you would like to swap pic.s i can do it by email...Thanks for your input.
 
#15 ·
Thanks for referencing my website, you can find part of my powerpoint presentation on grips from the P.38 Forum meeting in 2010 here.

http://p38guns.com/1grips.htm

Photos of Polymid 6 grips are here

http://p38guns.com/Late War Mauser.htm

Your gun is correct and a new book is available about P.38 mags and grips available on the P.38 forum in the "for sale" section.

Ron Clarin, Dennis de Vlieger, and Wolf-Dietrich Roth did a lot of research on this.

http://p38forum.com/

Mark
 
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