[Mike Z]

I prefer matching wood grips. I wish I could find all the wood grips that were replaced with b/w grips.

 

[Left Hand Thunder]

The "black widow" & "brown recluse" lugers really do exist and I have some in my hide out safe, where they have slept for more than 40 years. The holsters they sleep in are all original and date stamped on the back side 41 & 42, one holster contains a luger tool with the eagle acceptance stamp. While all this has slept in the safe it has increased in paper value more than 100 times what I gave for them 40+ years ago. A "G" date all matching luger sleeps in a commercial holster stamped on the back with the luger's serial number. I paid $700 for that set about 30 years ago.

 

[JimF]

The "black widow" & "brown recluse" lugers really do exist and I have some in my hide out safe, where they have slept for more than 40 years. The holsters they sleep in are all original and date stamped on the back side 41 & 42, one holster contains a luger tool with the eagle acceptance stamp. While all this has slept in the safe it has increased in paper value more than 100 times what I gave for them 40+ years ago. A "G" date all matching luger sleeps in a commercial holster stamped on the back with the luger's serial number. I paid $700 for that set about 30 years ago.

Have you not had any trouble with storing in the holsters?
No mildew . . .or other maladies?

 

[Left Hand Thunder]

Jim ----- Thanks for reading my post and your comment. That's right, I have had no trouble with mildew, rust or any other maladies on any weapons I've left in their holsters. I'm fortunate to be living in and environment that does not contribute to such problems. I do check my pieces and their holsters a few times a year just to make sure there are no apparent problems and I wipe each holstered piece down using a very lightly oiled cleaning patch. This has maintained these pieces in the same conditions that I purchased them during the 70's, 80's and 90's and some more recently. Thanks again for your comments.

 

[mouser]

If you store the guns inside the holsters, wrap the well oiled gun in the Saran Wrap and store it that way.



gun in

 

[HerrKaiser]

Won’t the oil break the Saran plastic down over time and cause issues there?

 

[Greg G]

A former member here, John James, who has since passed away, said to use Reynolds 910 plastic wrap to do this. He said saran, glad wrap etc. couldn't stand up to the oil. I personally don't store my pistols in their holsters, so I haven't tried it.

 

[Left Hand Thunder]

Greg, Herr ------ Thanks for the good advise concerning guns stored in their holsters. I've never wrapped my pieces stored in holsters with any wrapping and I've never noticed any kind of deterioration during the many years they have been in my safe. That is not to say with so called "climate change" that is so popular these days, deterioration couldn't happen sometime. As I mentioned I keep them well oiled with a light film and inspect them at least twice a year and sometimes more often if there is high humidity in the air. I enjoy taking them out of the safe and fondling each one as I apply the oil film. Thanks for the good advise.

 

[grimer72]

I got my first BW just before Thanksgiving last year. Glad the seller wasn't trying to push the hype, yet knew what he had.

 

[HK940]

Black Widow was a term made up by Shattuck, was because black plastic gripped guns were not selling.

 

[HK940]

There is one on Legacy and it is described as having repro grips and it is $2450.00!
I remember in the mid to late 70's a good friend of mine was a dealer and a Luger collector and he did not have any BW's in his collection, but every once in a while one would come thru the store.

 

[HK940]

U-Line sells rolls of anti corrosion paper that works well, I used it on all of my guns and knives when I moved, because
I knew they would be in the cases for a while.