Erfurt 1917

wlyon · 12-21-2008, 12:41 AM

It is not unusual to find lugers with the stock lugs ground off.I also own one. I have read many stories as to why. I think the most common one was to avoid attaching a stock to the luger. At one time it was widely assumed to be illegal to attach a stock ,therefore the easy solution was to grind off the attaching lug.There are still Federal rules on what can and cannot have a stock. Generally these are Navy and artillery that are legal. It does decrease the value somewhat to have a missing lug. There does not seem to be any uniformity of the removal, some were carefully removed and some simply ground off. Prior to mid 1913 all lugers were made without lug. Enjoy! Bill

12-21-2008, 12:41 AM	#1
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,655 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,619 Times in 971 Posts	It is not unusual to find lugers with the stock lugs ground off.I also own one. I have read many stories as to why. I think the most common one was to avoid attaching a stock to the luger. At one time it was widely assumed to be illegal to attach a stock ,therefore the easy solution was to grind off the attaching lug.There are still Federal rules on what can and cannot have a stock. Generally these are Navy and artillery that are legal. It does decrease the value somewhat to have a missing lug. There does not seem to be any uniformity of the removal, some were carefully removed and some simply ground off. Prior to mid 1913 all lugers were made without lug. Enjoy! Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

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