At the time the Benke-Thiemann stock was exempted there were less than a half-dozen examples known, so it is no stretch to think the C&R regs will be changed for this stock.
It is the same process that occurred for the Navy, LP08, Ideal and B-T stocks...someone had to petition the BATFE to have them exempted so that collectors could have them.
Obviously someone at the ATF cares one way or another. Luger stocks are not the only items that come under BATFE regs. There are literally hundreds of guns, to include a ton of short barreled Winchesters, that had to be petitioned for exemption and are listed in detail (by serial number!) in ATF Publication 5300-11 last published in 2007 and with various revisions thru 2010. That "giant bureaucracy" is alive and well and involved in the regulation of C&R firearms. Believe it.
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If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction
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