Wooden (Mauser C96 Style) Stock for 1913 Artillery

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I am sure many members have seen the 1913 DWM Artillery Luger serial number #3X which is featured in the book 'Luger: The Multinational Pistol' by Charles Kenyon. The 1913 DWM Artillery with the Mauser C96 style stock is described as being a 'transitional' and/or 'test' model which I have doubts based on my research. A few years ago, I saw in a German collection a large photocopy of the original 1913 blue prints for the Artillery Luger which surfaced from a Bavarian archive showing the standard pistol with an 8" inch barrel; a pigskin holster shown separately; and a standard flatboard stock like a normal Artillery stock. In addition, another source of data explained that the 1913 Artillery was first test fired without a stock which was applied after the tests. I would like to receive the opinions/comments of the forum members as to whether this seldom found Mauser C96 style stock for the 1913 Artillery Luger was intended for commercial production or was it purported to be a 'transitional' stock? I believe the 1913 Artillery with the Mauser C96 style stock was for commercial production because it would have been to much labor and cost to make such a stock for military mass production considering that maybe 50-100 pieces were manufactured. I am sure DWM would have quit production after making a few stocks realizing its expensive cost for military use. I do not believe that a 'fancy' pistol was originally made to show the Kaiser and/or an evaluation board for the sake of obtaining a contract for the Army and then later changing it to a different stock configuration. Why would DWM decide to use a Mauser C96 style stock if they already had success with a similar stock with the 1906 Navy?

Albert