Artillery Stock ID
 

Hello Forum Members ,
I have been a member about a year , but this is my first post . It's been great to read all the expert advice and comments about Lugers , I have certainly learned a lot .
I have had this bare stock for many years and always assumed it wasn't genuine , mainly because the workmanship is not that good . Recently I bought a 1917 DWM Artillery (without stock) and that got me comparing with a couple of other owners stocks . It seems much the same really !
What do forum members think ? Any comments greatly appreciated .
Mark

Real but no iron and battered about at the point where the iron is mounted.

As George says..it looks to have been shortened at the stock iron. The curved arc where the toe of the holster fits is a little low.

Jerry Burney

Mark,
you have had some true experts comment above so I can/will not repeat anything that they said. But I tried to look at the proof mark on the side of the stock which would be just below the four screw holes for the top holster strap. There seems to be something there that could be a proof mark. I really couldn't tell from the picture. If that a true proof mark, then this would tell you that this was probably an original stock at one time.
Big Norm

Norm, You are correct..this mark cannot be seen clearly from these photo's but it's placed where one should be...

Jerry Burney

Thanks for the comments . Sorry about the photo quality , but this is about the limit of my camera . This stock has a chip missing at the forward end but otherwise looks original .
My father who is a master cabinet maker of some 60 years experience , tells me the wood is of the mahogany "family" but he refuses to believe the standard of inletting , in particular , could have come from imperial Germany . Especially comparing to the high quality of woodworking found on Luger grips .
Mark

Mark1, your stock is made of European walnut and the inletting was done by German workers.