View Single Post
Unread 09-13-2013, 04:03 PM   #29
Norme
Always A
Lifetime Forum
Patron
 
Norme's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,414
Thanks: 224
Thanked 2,591 Times in 930 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by alanint View Post
The bare wood evident where the top leather tongue has been recently removed from some of these stocks brings up a question;
Where stocks issued with bare, untreated wood?
Where they finished AFTER the leather trappings were added?, (which seems to be the case, if the finish was factory applied).
Is the finish we see on them today from the original manufacturer or the work of the various owners throughout the years?
Has anybody ever seen a completely pristine, unissued rig that they comment on?
Hi Doug, Luger stocks were finished prior to the attachment of the leather. I have an un-issued Navy stock, with pilot holes drilled for the leather attachment screws. It's finished all over.
Regards, Norm
Norme is offline   Reply With Quote