I have now seen 3 of these C96 mausers with an unusual pattern of grooves on the grips. At first I thought that these were post factory additions, but looking at the font of the serials(matching) inside the grips and the fact that at least two of these guns are in 138XXX serial range(I did not record the serial of the 3rd example), it appears that this could be a legit variation.
Has anyone observed any other examples with this grips pattern?
Has anyone observed any other examples with this grips pattern?