Artillery Luger Shoulder Stock Photos.
 

We don't seem to have a good way to research shoulder stocks...The purpose of this thread is compile a large album of good quality photographs of Artillery Luger shoulder stocks that can be used by all members to compare and evaluate stocks they may come across in their collecting activities.

If you own an Artillery Luger Shoulder Stock, or just have some good photos of these stocks, please post photos of it (or them) in this message thread. Please upload your photos directly to the Lugerforum using the "Manage Attachments" feature in the advanced mode... Please do not post your photos to external sites and just link them here. Many members cannot SEE photos posted on external websites because their computer location (usually their employer) filters those sites...

Try to take and use good clear focus closeups of both sides of the stock, and both sides, and the top of the stock iron, and show any stamps, cartouches, or proof and inspection marks.

Please describe in your posting, whether or not the stock is Original or Reproduction, the manufacturer (if known), the serial number including letter suffix if it has one, and anything unusual about your stocks...

This thread will likely become a "sticky" reference in this forum...thanks in advance to all those will contribute to this photo collection.

Who will get this Photo Album Started by posting first ? :thumbup:

:cheers:

Something to start with.

This stock is numbered to the gun (1917) 1162f.

Hi John. Here's another set.
Regards, Norm

Matching Artillery with Stock and Luger!
 

1917 169th Baden both matching. Compliments of George Anderson~~~~

Great submissions guys... keep it up!

1914 Erfurt LP08 serial #3079
 

A description from George Anderson the previous owner is included below~~~

Great idea John! Here are a few more.

First, a 1917 DWM with standard Crown/S acceptance stamp.

Next, a common 1914 Erfurt.

Another but earlier Erfurt Crown/G. This one is numbered in the wood rather than the iron.

Next, an earlier 1914 Erfurt stock this one numbered 14 with a Crown /H and something extra. A friend in Italy has another such stock with stamped screws numbered 50.

A 1936 Mauser Banner Siamese contract.

Last, a Mauser contract Persian.

Anyone have any Imperial Navy stocks?

Hey Jerry. Please open a similar thread in the Navy Luger forum for Navy Stock photos. It will simplify research for the newbies. Lets keep this thread for Artillery Stocks only.

My 1917 Artillery stock Sn 7412a matching to gun.

John, I have some beautiful unit marked stock photo's..Can I send them to you for posting? I tried your old email address but the one I have on file came back as no good.
Jerry

probably 1916 DWM ...
 

crown S stamp
556a
comes together with an 1916 Holster and an cleaning rod with brass tip
i my opinion this set lies together for a long time :D or an collector assembeled it :( . things are matching (unmarked, probably dwm cleaning rod, brass tiped - early one), crown S (for dwm ??) on stock, stock serial checked according to stills book, so i believe that the Holster manufacturing date will be productiondate of the whole set .....

see also http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=30872

regards from Austria ... wolfganggo :bigbye:

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Thanks to Eric for posting Jerry's photos before I could get to them. :thumbup:

Jerry, you have my email address for the future, please purge the old email address from your records...

and so where is Ms. Ellie? You may be the leather master craftsman Jerry, but she is the Computer Operator and Photo Poster extraordinaire! Tell her I said Hi! :cheers:

My mistake, I posted Jerrys artillerys in the navy section!

Way Cool Stock
 

Any history??

Thanks Eric!

A Few More From Jerry!
 

Great stuff! TKS Eric

Perfect~~~~

That's a nice collection there.

Later John, we might want to do some clean up or gather into a PDF for showing various styles.

Shown is my one artillery stock, non acceptance marked, Weimar era, it does have a serial number one it.

Bought / traded from well known artillery collector.

The bare wood evident where the top leather tongue has been recently removed from some of these stocks brings up a question;
Where stocks issued with bare, untreated wood?
Where they finished AFTER the leather trappings were added?, (which seems to be the case, if the finish was factory applied).
Is the finish we see on them today from the original manufacturer or the work of the various owners throughout the years?
Has anybody ever seen a completely pristine, unissued rig that they comment on?

I don't think it is so much the treated or untreated. Mostly it's the difference from the parts exposure to elements , handling, dirt etc. They are bound to be different. Bill

Doug, Bill..I have seen quite a few of these as I work on Artillery rigs and have often wondered this myself. Usually when you take off the four screws and peel back the leather for the first time in many decades..likely since it was put on almost a hundred years ago..it looks totally unfinished. Kinda bare raw wood. Makes you wonder.

Hi Doug, Luger stocks were finished prior to the attachment of the leather. I have an un-issued Navy stock, with pilot holes drilled for the leather attachment screws. It's finished all over.
Regards, Norm

Hi Doug, Luger stocks were finished prior to the attachment of the leather

Norm, your stock may be finished all over but I don't think you can make this statement with any certainty.

I have an un-issued Navy stock, with pilot holes drilled for the leather attachment screws. It's finished all over. Plural? Uh-OH!

If you have a Navy with more than one screw hole..something is amiss. That and can we ever be sure when a stock was last finished? 100 years ago or 25 years. Might be hard to say for sure.

With all those stock lugs did the great luger producers make stock other than those for the navy and artillery? Would the be legal if they did?~~Eric

No and no.