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Ron Wood · 03-31-2013, 02:17 PM

That is one of the better condition Ideal stocks that I have seen. The leather is in much better than average condition. It has to be in the top end of surviving examples. Congratulations on an excellent piece.
As Tom (Lugerdoc) has mentioned, your gun is very close to the US Test Trials serial number range. I am relatively sure it does not have a GERMANY export stamp as all of the examples in the approximate 6000-8000 serial number range do not have this stamp. It is my opinion that any serial number above 7200 is very unlikely to have actually been involved in the trials but we probably will never know.
Thank you for sharing this excellent "rig"!
Ron

03-31-2013, 02:17 PM	#10
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,121 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	That is one of the better condition Ideal stocks that I have seen. The leather is in much better than average condition. It has to be in the top end of surviving examples. Congratulations on an excellent piece. As Tom (Lugerdoc) has mentioned, your gun is very close to the US Test Trials serial number range. I am relatively sure it does not have a GERMANY export stamp as all of the examples in the approximate 6000-8000 serial number range do not have this stamp. It is my opinion that any serial number above 7200 is very unlikely to have actually been involved in the trials but we probably will never know. Thank you for sharing this excellent "rig"! Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction