Saw in a Gunshop- Opinions?

Big Norm · 09-09-2007, 02:48 AM

Laws have changed over a period of time and will differ from state to state. Now, according to the federal law, it would be illegal to mount a stock on any P-08. The 1900 thru 1906 Lugers can legally have a set of Ideal grips with a mounted Ideal stock. The Borchardt with it specialty stock is also legal. After that, the carbine, navy and artillery Lugers can have stocks on them. Personally, I do not know if other rare stocks such as the Benke-Thiemann are legal. As collectors pieces, I assume that they are. But I doubt that anyone would take a Benke-Thiemann stock to the shooting range. It would be just too rare and expensive.

According to long ago posts on this forum, at one time, some police departments would automatically take a Luger, any Luger, into their back room and file the stock lug off of the Luger without asking whenever a luger was presented for registration. Thankfully, that police practice has stopped. (I hope). Then again, some people removed the stock lug because they thought it made the gun too uncomfortable to shoot. (It takes all kinds). Remember, at one time the Luger was just another gun and not a collectors piece. There were millions of them in the world.
Big Norm

09-09-2007, 02:48 AM	#11
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Laws have changed over a period of time and will differ from state to state. Now, according to the federal law, it would be illegal to mount a stock on any P-08. The 1900 thru 1906 Lugers can legally have a set of Ideal grips with a mounted Ideal stock. The Borchardt with it specialty stock is also legal. After that, the carbine, navy and artillery Lugers can have stocks on them. Personally, I do not know if other rare stocks such as the Benke-Thiemann are legal. As collectors pieces, I assume that they are. But I doubt that anyone would take a Benke-Thiemann stock to the shooting range. It would be just too rare and expensive. According to long ago posts on this forum, at one time, some police departments would automatically take a Luger, any Luger, into their back room and file the stock lug off of the Luger without asking whenever a luger was presented for registration. Thankfully, that police practice has stopped. (I hope). Then again, some people removed the stock lug because they thought it made the gun too uncomfortable to shoot. (It takes all kinds). Remember, at one time the Luger was just another gun and not a collectors piece. There were millions of them in the world. Big Norm