Does the ROTJ Stembridge Mauser have a step-frame?

[DarthWilder]

Step frame:

Non-Step frame:

Original prop:

I have original mauser grip panels that are identical to the Stembridge, however, they are for an M30 (non-step frame). To my eye, the width of the grip frame on the Stembridge also appears to be a non-step frame. But perhaps I'm just seeing what I want to see?

If only the lanyard ring wasn't missing on the original prop!

 

[OdiWan72]

look at the second pic of the Stembridge...the C96 seems to have the wider grip fame, so I´d guess it´s a NO step

 

[DarthWilder]

Yes, that's what I'm seeing, too. Unusual because the upper is wartime (no step barrel like M30s).

Maybe it's been hard to find matching grips because people were looking at C96 grips instead of M30?

Pure speculation... perhaps the lanyard tang was ground off because it did not resemble the previous C96s/MGCs?

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

I don't think it has a step frame. I'm actually rebuilding mine to compensate for that.

 

[chubsANDdoggers]

That’s a great eye and a great catch! Doesn’t look like a step either in that 3rd pic

 

[thd9791]

It did always look like something different was going on there, thank you!

 

[DarthWilder]

Brandon Alinger posted a couple photos of the actual Stembridge DL44 on PartsofStarWars Facebook page (it's viewable to the public).

I've also been informed privately that this Mauser is not a 1930; it is a wartime. I do not know whether the grip frame was replaced, but I am sorry if I misled anyone through my faulty observations based on the photos above.

 

[thd9791]

No worries thank you! Its the nature of the hobby to explore theories. It is a very unique grip thats for sure, has always seemed slightly different shape wise, almost the angle of a bolo with a normal shape

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

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