Steve,
At one time in the US it was illegal to attach a shoulder stock to any pistol. Quite a few people understood this to mean that the stock attachment point itself--the stock lug--was illegal, and so had the stock lugs ground from their Lugers. This was a misunderstanding of the law, and eventually the ATF permitted -specific- varieties of Luger stocks to be attached to -specific- varieties of Luger pistols (perform a search, there are many discussions in these Forums on the subject), but by then the damage had been done and many otherwise collection-worthy Lugers have been ruined.
It is particularly unfortunate that the stock lug has been ground from the Artillery Luger which started this discussion, as this is a variation to which it is legal to attach an Artillery-style stock; so the value of this pistol, even (and particularly) as a Luger for shooting, is further reduced.
--Dwight
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