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Orv Reichert · 01-30-2002, 01:57 PM

Gale Morgan worked on one of these stocks [not the same one pictured]....I asked several questions and the following are his answers...[cited here with his permission]

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I had to replace the wooden "endpiece" shown in one of the #7 pics (7d, I think)...The theory is that it was made for use in a plane (the "dovetail "clip" on the back attached to the side of the plane). The interesting thing (to me) is that it "adjusts" for all the std. bbl lengths.

A guess: WWII time, in Germany, by a "Big" metal fabricator (the pieces of that thing are thick, and punched with a VERY large/heavy press. An airplane mfg. or a"sheet metal fabricator" (like one of the machine gun manufacturers..grease gun style)...that's the best I can do....oh, as I said, it accommodates Mil., Navy, and Arty bbl lengths!!!!

The one I worked on couldn't possibly been a "prototype" because it would

have cost a zillion dollars to set up the presses to punch out the parts!!

There was nothing on that thing that looked like a "one (or two)-of-a kind"

prototype. The quality was exceptional, and the "attention to detail" was

also exceptional.

Another part of the "story" that sounds a little weird is

the reference to BATF...to my knowledge, there is nothing in BATF

regulations that prevents a company from making (and selling) such a stock.

They, of course, would have to have a disclaimer saying that it was illegal

to attach it to a "real" Luger.

By the way, one other point about the quality: It was MUCH BETTER than Chinese quality (like AK47 junk). Looked like "good" Japanese quality (like they "apply" when they are competing for a government bid)....

01-30-2002, 01:57 PM	#1
Orv Reichert RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SW Washington State Posts: 339 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	EBAY LUGER STOCK-GALE MORGAN'S COMMENT Gale Morgan worked on one of these stocks [not the same one pictured]....I asked several questions and the following are his answers...[cited here with his permission] ================================= I had to replace the wooden "endpiece" shown in one of the #7 pics (7d, I think)...The theory is that it was made for use in a plane (the "dovetail "clip" on the back attached to the side of the plane). The interesting thing (to me) is that it "adjusts" for all the std. bbl lengths. A guess: WWII time, in Germany, by a "Big" metal fabricator (the pieces of that thing are thick, and punched with a VERY large/heavy press. An airplane mfg. or a"sheet metal fabricator" (like one of the machine gun manufacturers..grease gun style)...that's the best I can do....oh, as I said, it accommodates Mil., Navy, and Arty bbl lengths!!!! The one I worked on couldn't possibly been a "prototype" because it would have cost a zillion dollars to set up the presses to punch out the parts!! There was nothing on that thing that looked like a "one (or two)-of-a kind" prototype. The quality was exceptional, and the "attention to detail" was also exceptional. Another part of the "story" that sounds a little weird is the reference to BATF...to my knowledge, there is nothing in BATF regulations that prevents a company from making (and selling) such a stock. They, of course, would have to have a disclaimer saying that it was illegal to attach it to a "real" Luger. By the way, one other point about the quality: It was MUCH BETTER than Chinese quality (like AK47 junk). Looked like "good" Japanese quality (like they "apply" when they are competing for a government bid)....