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I did a search but couldn't find anything, what's involved in getting the aftermarket luger stocks to fit on a artillery luger? From my quick measurements it looks like the wider bit of the slot in the iron fitting needs to be made a little wider, is this normally what doesn't fit?

It can either be that, or the thickness of the iron may have to be modified to fit the goorve of the particular Luger... Welcome to the Lugerforum!

I can fit them,the hardest one to fit is the CMR Stock iron.It just
takes a lot of time and a lot of emery paper.
Thanks George

Usually the stock lug on the Luger "bottoms out" in the groove of the stock iron, so the groove needs to be a tad deeper. I use long handled file with a curved cutting surface called a "riffler" to remove the small amount of metal needed to make the stock fit. I go slowly taking a little at a time and checking the fit frequently. It is a good idea to stop when you can get a tight attachment that requires a bit of wiggling to get the stock on. It will loosen up on its own over time, particularly with repro stocks that tend to have a bit softer metal in the iron than originals.

I found that certain real stocks will not fit later P08 pistols also, and that repro stocks will fit one like a glove and will not go on another frame either.

So both with real stocks and with aftermarket stocks it is a matter of finding a correct match.
Makes one think the stocks were numbered for a reason :)

Gerben is absolutely correct..There is such a wide variation in pistol stock lugs that on 4" pistols it might be almost impossible to get any stock to fit. You have a better chance with the Artillery Pistols as they were actually intended to use a stock.

You could get lucky and find one that fits but like George says..you could spend many vexing hours fitting it too.

I have a reproduction stock that become too lose after first couple of rounds. My problem is opposite, how to make it tight again and how to harden repro - iron properly? It looks like it was made out of cast and then finished of by machining. Quality of the metal used is in question.

I cut a strip from a business card as wide as the tang of the pistol and longer than the groove in the iron. I then put it in the iron with a small bit folded over as a tab to hold on to. I then insert the tang into the iron and rip off the tab after twisting the lock. This will usually tighten up a loose stock iron nicely and is not noticable.

Thanks for the replies guys. I got the stock to fit, it took about an hour of filing various bits. I actually had some riffler files given to my by my grandfather but hand never used them until now (I didn't even know they're called "rifflers"). It was a really tight finish once i was done but has loosen up a little now that I've taken it on and off a few times. They certainly use a soft iron in them.