M40 Lahti

[Ron Smith]

"The Danes contracted for 10K+ pistols for their police force also."

Duane,

I saw that on the website. Did they produce their own butt-stocks? Until now I didn't know that they ordered the additional Police contract run after the war. It seems as though they would have ordered them with the stocks.

Ron

[Conny]

Hello Ron,
From my research, the Danes produced their own stocks and iron. The luger stock will fit but not as well because there is a slight lug difference (using Luger stock illegal also). The Danes only made a couple hundred stocks. Don't know how a holster was attatched but here is MY theory.

Most Lahti holsters have a "leather tab" at the bottom and some don't. I believe they screwed/rivetted the holster onto the board thru the bottom tab and inside under the flap to mount the top of the holster to the board. One photo shows the WWII Swedish holster attatched to the stock with a screw/rivet. One photo shows the WWII Lahti holster with the leather tab. Yes, this is MY personal reasoning and NOT written anywhere I can find.

These Danish stocks were discontinued do to the bulkiness and carry ability for a policeman.
Thank you.

[Conny]

Postino,
I asked the seller for photos of various angles to determine how it attatched to the lug and to help in reasearching whether original. I'll post them when I get them.

[Conny]

Here are photos of the stock iron sent by the seller.

[Conny]

Forgot one.