1920 Commercial Artillery Stock

Conny · 11-02-2008, 06:39 PM

I don't know if this is the right section to post this but I have a question about this stock.

It is listed for sale as a 1920 Commercial Artillery Stock which I need to complete my 1920 Commercial Artiller Luger set. How can you tell if this is true? It is made of walnut with no number or anything else on it.

On a different subject (why start another post), what type magazine should my Luger have being a Commercial Artillery type?

Thank you for your comments.

tenbears · 11-02-2008, 07:55 PM

I think you are ok on the stock although I'm not that versed on commercial artillery's. On the magazine it should have a unmarked wood base or import mark Made In Germany.

George Anderson · 11-02-2008, 09:20 PM

If the stock is not marked "GERMANY" I would discount it being a 1920's commercial. It certainly looks like a good stock in that it appears to be made of European walnut and the steel to wood fit looks good.

There are far too many of these unused so called "commercial" stocks floating around the US for me to accept their being interwar commercials. I know that several years ago when visiting a Luger dealer in Arizona I asked about an artillery stock and he reached into a box and pulled out one of many in the box just like yours. At the time he said that they came from old German goods sold to Norway or Finland.

Since that time I have gotten wind of a possibility that they were all made in a tiny principality in Europe during the 60's. Right now I'm leaning toward the latter story.

One thing worthy of note about these so called commercial stocks is that they are always crisp and new with no patina at all to the wood and that they always have unused but freshly tapped guide holes for the attaching leather screws.

Conny · 11-02-2008, 09:29 PM

Thanks for the responses gentlemen. I'll continue searching for a commercial stock with import mark of Germany and 3 wood base magazines unmarked or Germany marked. Thanks again.

11-02-2008, 06:39 PM	#1
Conny User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Culpeper, Va. Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 26 Times in 13 Posts	1920 Commercial Artillery Stock I don't know if this is the right section to post this but I have a question about this stock. It is listed for sale as a 1920 Commercial Artillery Stock which I need to complete my 1920 Commercial Artiller Luger set. How can you tell if this is true? It is made of walnut with no number or anything else on it. On a different subject (why start another post), what type magazine should my Luger have being a Commercial Artillery type? Thank you for your comments. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Rangers Lead the Way, Duane Leiker

11-02-2008, 09:29 PM	#4
Conny User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Culpeper, Va. Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 26 Times in 13 Posts	Thanks for the responses gentlemen. I'll continue searching for a commercial stock with import mark of Germany and 3 wood base magazines unmarked or Germany marked. Thanks again. __________________ Rangers Lead the Way, Duane Leiker

11-02-2008, 07:55 PM	#2
tenbears User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 370 Thanks: 3 Thanked 26 Times in 15 Posts	I think you are ok on the stock although I'm not that versed on commercial artillery's. On the magazine it should have a unmarked wood base or import mark Made In Germany.

11-02-2008, 09:20 PM	#3
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,527 Times in 786 Posts	If the stock is not marked "GERMANY" I would discount it being a 1920's commercial. It certainly looks like a good stock in that it appears to be made of European walnut and the steel to wood fit looks good. There are far too many of these unused so called "commercial" stocks floating around the US for me to accept their being interwar commercials. I know that several years ago when visiting a Luger dealer in Arizona I asked about an artillery stock and he reached into a box and pulled out one of many in the box just like yours. At the time he said that they came from old German goods sold to Norway or Finland. Since that time I have gotten wind of a possibility that they were all made in a tiny principality in Europe during the 60's. Right now I'm leaning toward the latter story. One thing worthy of note about these so called commercial stocks is that they are always crisp and new with no patina at all to the wood and that they always have unused but freshly tapped guide holes for the attaching leather screws.