Walter Ludwig custom?

Hopefully this is in the right section. I posted this in a couple other forums. Does anyone here have any information?

http://www.coltforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34090

it seems you have a custom made by
one of the important designers at SIG
in the 70´s-80´s. Who then went to work with Walther.

Walther P5
The pistol incorporates many new design features, including a new aluminum alloy frame, trigger mechanism, dual-control mechanism,[citation needed] firing pin safety (US patent number 4313274 dated 1979, authored by Walter Ludwig).

Also, he took part in designing the P88 and 220
Die grundsätzliche Verschlusskonstruktion der P88 entspricht der schweizerischen P220. Beide Waffen wurden von dem ehemaligen [SIG]-Waffenkonstrukteur Walter Ludwig konzipiert und teilweise auch konstruiert.

And now i found the source of your gun :)


Rolf B.Fischlein war von 1975 bis 1985 Inhaber des Spezialgeschäfts Rolf B.Fischlein, Faustfeuerwaffen und Munition, Import-Export in Frankfurt/Main. Zu dieser Zeit war er der führende freie Importeur für COLT und Smith&Wesson. 1979 wurde die Tuning Abteilung für 1911-Sportpistolen / RBF CUSTOM-HANDGUNS zusammen mit Herrn Walter Ludwig, Konstrukteur der SIG-P220 Pistole, ins Leben gerufen.Das Hauptprojekt war die RBF .45ACP MATCH Pistole auf 1911-er Basis, die vom bekannten, leider kürzlich verstorbenen, Waffentester Hans Aicher " als die beste und präziseste" 45-er im DWJ-Test Juli 1980 bezeichnet wurde. Gefertigt wurde auch die .38 Wadcutter Sportpistole in 5 und 6 Zoll sowie 2,5 Zoll Smith&Wesson Modell 29 Kal. 44 Magnum und S&W Modell 25 .45ACP bevor Smith&Wesson, USA, die Fertigung begann.

From the about-us of the linked site. Says Rolf Fischlein founded the custom-firm with Walter Ludwig.
Click the link and you´ll even see the exact grips of your gun
on a new one. They are using Kimbers as a base.

Good News. The new Version would cost 2.250$!
( and yours has the "Walter Ludwig" stamping on it!)

http://rbf-customhandguns.com/rbf-custom-handguns.html
( click on "WEITER" at the bottom of the page, there are some more examples of their crazy work!")

They say, that those can´t be made anymore for those prices, as
the extensive gunsmith-work can´t be paid for anymore.

Looks like you got quite a rare handcannon there, Mister!
What did ya pay?

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couldnt resist: look at THIS one:
http://rbf-customhandguns.com/ci_6190165/small_6332459.JPG

I really appreaciate the time you took to give me a hand on this one. I paid a tidy sum of $800.

Someone got a good deal there :)

(just thought i might offer my language-skills
to solve this. And man they do have some crazy customs on their site!)

Yeah, thanks again. I came across that site during my search, but didn't understand any of it, and didn't try the link on the left. I wonder if Walter Ludwig is still alive, and working?

Hopefully retired ... considering that he designed in the 70´s-80s ....
he should be 70 to 80 by now.