Marks on grip a count or from machining ?

ronz · June 1, 2012, 03:21 AM

Just got a cz-24 the reseller was told it was a bring back and that is all of the history that I know about it
manufactured in 1937
Thought the marks might have been a machining error at first but after blowing up a pic
I think it may have been put on there by someone
But will never know by who or why

**James K** · June 1, 2012, 09:20 PM

More likely what we used to call "barrel wear", marks picked up from bouncing around in a barrel. They look like they might have been made by the edge of a slide where the cocking striations are, maybe on a P.38 or a Radom.

(Yes, a symbol of six dead Nazis would be more romantic, but the idea of notching grips has been much overplayed.)

Jim

gyvel · June 1, 2012, 10:03 PM

They almost look like checkering overruns. LOL

ronz · June 2, 2012, 01:02 AM

Didn’t think they would have been a count when I first saw then because they were on a weird angle and not the same length they end in a sort of half circle but they didn’t line up with the serrations on the grip so that pretty much ruled out a mistake in manufacturing too me
But rubbing on something in a crate that’s round and serrated does seem like a more likely scenario that I didn’t consider

June 1, 2012, 03:21 AM	#1
ronz Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2012 Location: milwaukee wi Posts: 215	Marks on grip a count or from machining ? Just got a cz-24 the reseller was told it was a bring back and that is all of the history that I know about it manufactured in 1937 Thought the marks might have been a machining error at first but after blowing up a pic I think it may have been put on there by someone But will never know by who or why

June 1, 2012, 09:20 PM	#2
James K Staff Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 16,611	More likely what we used to call "barrel wear", marks picked up from bouncing around in a barrel. They look like they might have been made by the edge of a slide where the cocking striations are, maybe on a P.38 or a Radom. (Yes, a symbol of six dead Nazis would be more romantic, but the idea of notching grips has been much overplayed.) Jim __________________ Jim K

June 1, 2012, 10:03 PM	#3
gyvel Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2009 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 3,458	They almost look like checkering overruns. LOL

June 2, 2012, 01:02 AM	#4
ronz Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2012 Location: milwaukee wi Posts: 215	Didn’t think they would have been a count when I first saw then because they were on a weird angle and not the same length they end in a sort of half circle but they didn’t line up with the serrations on the grip so that pretty much ruled out a mistake in manufacturing too me But rubbing on something in a crate that’s round and serrated does seem like a more likely scenario that I didn’t consider