Grip ID Help

Tony Sandrin · 08-05-2017, 06:35 PM

I recently picked up a set of replacement grips. The seller stated that they are Mauser made, 40's grips. There is a stamped M or W on the right grip panel as well as what appears to be faint WA655 Waffenamts on both grips. I was under the impression that Mauser replacement grips would have been stamped with a 42 or S/42 rather than an M. Any insight on what I have?

Thanks for the help!

Tony

Edward Tinker · 08-05-2017, 08:19 PM

eagle 655 are replacement grips also and around that time period.

the M is just an M - some kind of workers marking

Ed

ithacaartist · 08-06-2017, 02:51 AM

My dad owned a sign company... The differences between an M and a W--considering something might be upside down--are 1) The middle "V" between the legs of an M is short, and the same structure in a W is as tall as the legs, and 2) The legs of the M are plumb, while the legs of the W have a slant. People make up all sorts of wacky fonts and styles (I can't stand dotted capital Is.) but this is the standard. Flipping one of them if you need the other will work in a pinch, of course...but it ain't Kosher.

kurusu · 08-06-2017, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

My dad owned a sign company... The differences between an M and a W--considering something might be upside down--are 1) The middle "V" between the legs of an M is short, and the same structure in a W is as tall as the legs, and 2) The legs of the M are plumb, while the legs of the W have a slant. People make up all sorts of wacky fonts and styles (I can't stand dotted capital Is.) but this is the standard. Flipping one of them if you need the other will work in a pinch, of course...but it ain't Kosher.

And that is because the W is a double V.

DonVoigt · 08-06-2017, 10:48 PM

"double vey"

G.T. · 08-11-2017, 03:29 PM

I'm still working pretty hard at the A, B, C, part?....

.... I think I'm all the way up to "E" one right now!....

...best to all, til...lat'r...GT...

08-05-2017, 06:35 PM	#1
Tony Sandrin User Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 13 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Grip ID Help I recently picked up a set of replacement grips. The seller stated that they are Mauser made, 40's grips. There is a stamped M or W on the right grip panel as well as what appears to be faint WA655 Waffenamts on both grips. I was under the impression that Mauser replacement grips would have been stamped with a 42 or S/42 rather than an M. Any insight on what I have? Thanks for the help! Tony Attached Thumbnails

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08-06-2017, 02:51 AM	#3
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,347 Thanks: 7,285 Thanked 2,579 Times in 1,366 Posts	My dad owned a sign company... The differences between an M and a W--considering something might be upside down--are 1) The middle "V" between the legs of an M is short, and the same structure in a W is as tall as the legs, and 2) The legs of the M are plumb, while the legs of the W have a slant. People make up all sorts of wacky fonts and styles (I can't stand dotted capital Is.) but this is the standard. Flipping one of them if you need the other will work in a pinch, of course...but it ain't Kosher. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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08-11-2017, 03:29 PM	#6
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,507 Thanks: 1,318 Thanked 3,653 Times in 1,004 Posts	alpha? I'm still working pretty hard at the A, B, C, part?........ I think I'm all the way up to "E" one right now!.......best to all, til...lat'r...GT...