New acqusistion 1908 from isolation

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While Görtz and Sturgess is arguably the gold standard for Luger information, it is by no means infallible. I keep the electronic version on my computer and refer to it frequently. But it does have some errors, and includes some information based on fakes and/or forgeries.

Many of the leading Navy Parabellum collectors have participated in this thread, and I think it safe to say so far none of them believe your stock is an original one. I have a couple of originals, and have looked at/handled a good many more. There are some differences that seem obvious to me, but I will leave it to others to see if they concur.

1. Görtz and Sturgess not withstanding, I do not believe ANY original stocks had brass disks. I have seen a couple that looked fairly yellow or brassy, but that is from dried oil (probably boiled linseed) tinting them a bit. On the other hand, there most certainly have been replicas made that use brass disks.

2. The radius of the curve where the stock is cut away for the toe of the holster is smaller on an original than on yours, resulting in the arc interecting the top and bottom edges further from the attaching end.

3. The originals have a much less pronounced curve at the heel and toe, those corners look more square on an original.