Walther TPH--Only because of the Grips
..or so I thought. This showed up again at my LGS the other day. I had looked at it before but it was way over priced at that time and it was obvious to me that it was a put together, an Interarms frame and a blue made in Germany slide. It belonged to a PO and I sorta figured he had it put together this way to make it his. It actually looks pretty good (except for the glaringly mis-matched number on the slide which I blacked out for the pics). As for the grips, they are made by Karl Nille in Germany. They were designed to give more area for the hand to grasp and lengthened to fit flush with the mag bottom. I don't think that they could be improved upon.
Years ago I picked up a near NIB TPH at this same LGS. About a year after that my friend called me up and asked me to come by, he had something to give me. He said that they had been doing a cleanup. I stop by, he asks if I still have the TPH that I bought there and that he had some parts to give me if I did. Yep, still have it and he hands over a stainless stripped slide, a barrel, mag and a little bag with grips and screws. Didn't think much about it after that, put it in a drawer and forgot about it.
So after looking at the TPH the other day I had them put it back for me, I would come by the next day with a decision. After I got home I found the slide and barrel, started thinking about the stainless parts on the blue slide and the missing stainless parts on the stainless slide. I found the little bag of parts and not only were the grips and screws in there a firing pin was also present. The bigger discovery was the label on the bag. It said Karl Griffe, grips for Walther TPH. So it all fell in place, I think that the parts that were given to me are the parts that belong to my new to me TPH, to much of a coincidence not to be.
This isn't the first time something like this has happened to me at this LGS. The other long winded story is about a nickel Baby Chief and it's matching numbered grips.
..or so I thought. This showed up again at my LGS the other day. I had looked at it before but it was way over priced at that time and it was obvious to me that it was a put together, an Interarms frame and a blue made in Germany slide. It belonged to a PO and I sorta figured he had it put together this way to make it his. It actually looks pretty good (except for the glaringly mis-matched number on the slide which I blacked out for the pics). As for the grips, they are made by Karl Nille in Germany. They were designed to give more area for the hand to grasp and lengthened to fit flush with the mag bottom. I don't think that they could be improved upon.
Years ago I picked up a near NIB TPH at this same LGS. About a year after that my friend called me up and asked me to come by, he had something to give me. He said that they had been doing a cleanup. I stop by, he asks if I still have the TPH that I bought there and that he had some parts to give me if I did. Yep, still have it and he hands over a stainless stripped slide, a barrel, mag and a little bag with grips and screws. Didn't think much about it after that, put it in a drawer and forgot about it.
So after looking at the TPH the other day I had them put it back for me, I would come by the next day with a decision. After I got home I found the slide and barrel, started thinking about the stainless parts on the blue slide and the missing stainless parts on the stainless slide. I found the little bag of parts and not only were the grips and screws in there a firing pin was also present. The bigger discovery was the label on the bag. It said Karl Griffe, grips for Walther TPH. So it all fell in place, I think that the parts that were given to me are the parts that belong to my new to me TPH, to much of a coincidence not to be.
This isn't the first time something like this has happened to me at this LGS. The other long winded story is about a nickel Baby Chief and it's matching numbered grips.
