DWM Wooden Holster Stock
 

Fake? Or what is this for if it doesn't fit a luger?

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...=271512500#PIC

Thanks!!!

Clark

Hi Clark
IMHO it looks alot like a stock for Russian Machine pistol called a Stechkin.
Bob

kinda looks like a C 96 holster/ stock to me.

Browning Hi-Power??? Lahti???

Not a Stechkin stock. They have a different method of attachment and the stock also incorporates a large belt clip.

If the DWM stamp is for real, then it must date to the period when the company was extant.

I'm fairly certain that it is a C 96 holster/stock. The gap in the bottom of the stock is for the broom handles grip. If you go to: http://www.collectorssource.com/hand...d-harness.html there is one for sale with good images.

Nick..

I'm fairly certain that it is a C 96 holster/stock. The stock might be I can't say without fitting a pistol in it but the stock iron certainly isn't.
A C-96 iron is an outie and the iron on this one is an innie.
Will NOT fit on a C-96.

I think it is a C96 stock that has been re-fitted with a stock iron for a different pistol. Luger? maybe... some early Luger stock irons had push buttons instead of levers...

I have never seen a DWM cartouche on a stock like the one in this auction... so I can't offer an opinion as to whether or not it is original, or added to give the stock some additional character or inflated value. Certainly doubtful that DWM manufactured Mauser C96 stocks... but not impossible.

But in reality could be any pistol that has a similar shoulder stock lug to the one that is standard on a Luger... Lahti being an example... :confused:

The bottom opening, ostensively for the "Broomhandle" grip to protrude from is a large rectangle, not a small circle, as is typical on C96 stocks.

This large, rectangular opening is clearly intended to allow a magazine feed style grip to protrude from it, not a broomhandle style grip.

This and the "inny, rather than "outy" style stock latch completely eliminates this as a C96 stock, IMHO
It really is a mystery at this point!

I wish the seller would try a Luger in it. The channel for the stock lug, and its respective curve, do look compatable with a Luger. I'm not sure about the button tensioner, but I guess there is no reason why one could not be made to work there.
I'm also concerned whether a luger would fit inside, what with the width of the toggle and safety lever.
Definitely not C-96 or Hi Power, and I don't have the Lahti here to check, but as I recall their lug is similar to a Luger.
Not sure what other models to consider?
dju

This stock, or a relative of it, has been discussed on the forum a number of years before.

I'm pretty sure that it will take a luger, judging from the 'ramp' in the cutout for the grip.

Vlim
I recall that thread. The difference I noticed between that stock and this one is the factory production nature of this stock.
Everything looks well made, fits well and is complete with a stamp.:cool:
The stock discussed before looked like a either a roughhewn Chinese item or homemade.:surr:
Could this stock be a example of the mystical unicorn of luger accessories?
A genuine Luger holster stock????????????
Bob:rockon:

Let me stir the pot a little more... How about a holster stock for a P-35 Browning Hi-Power? I have no idea what the stock attachment looks like on that variety... but the square hole for a magazine type pistol that did have a shoulder stocked version fits this profile... whatyathink?

I happen to have a slotted Ingliss Canadian Hi Power, and it is actually slotted for an inside "I" mount, similar to the c-96. And it is straight, not curved.
What other stocked/lugged pistols are there? Radom?
dju

Many...Seems like every time I open up Pistols Of The World to see what an obscure pistol looks like, it is shown with a shoulder stock... :(

Some revolvers were even mfg'd with detachable shoulder stocks... :rolleyes:

A cautionary note for anyone who has a one-off shoulder stock like this example.

PLEASE remember that if the stock and the associated pistol are not specifically called out in the ATF website as being exempt from the provisions of the National Firearms Act of 1934, that the possession of a shoulder stocked pistol or the pieces to assemble such a pistol that isn't exempted is a violation of federal law because you have constructed, or can assemble, what is referred to as a Short Barreled Rifle (SBR)... a shoulder weapon with a rifled barrel of less than 16 inches from breechface to muzzle...

You can only possess a (non-exempted) SBR --- IF and ONLY IF you have paid a $200.00 tax and received in advance the appropriate approved tax stamp from the BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives).

Failure to obtain and possess the tax stamp can land you in the pokey for a long time... and a conviction will cost you your right to bear arms FOREVER.

If anyone buys the stock in question here, make sure you don't have a pistol that will attach to it until you have the stamp. BATFE agents are not known for their sense of humor in these matters. :crying: