My "Baby" is complete; baby luger that is!

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by Vlim

I know its an issue over there but this would look nice with a custom baby stock

Since the form factor doesn't reproduce anything in Luger history, I would suggest that the custom stock be REALLY custom and engineer it to be collapsible so it would fit in a hard case with the pistol... just my musings this morning...

Perhaps a merging of these three items ( an appropriate piece of buttstock, a stock iron, and a collapsible baton) could be the inspiration?

let's see what you come up with... OH! ... and Don't forget to buy the $200.00 BATFE Short Barreled Rifle (SBR) tax stamp before you attach it to the gun!

[sheepherder]

I like the interchangeable uppers idea. The slab barrel really needs a micrometer rear sight.

I would pass on the buttstock, but a shorty C96-style wood holster would be cool...

[Olle]

I love it!

I have been thinking about doing something like that, but haven't been able to figure out exactly where to cut the grip frame, how much to shorten it and so on. I figure it will take some measuring and head scratching to make sure the spring will still fit, figure out how much the mag can be shortened and so on. I don't want to reinvent the wheel, so do you have any dimensions and/or project pictures so we can get an idea of how it's done?

[DonVoigt]

Ollie,
the quick answer is no, no drawings.
The better answer is just cut exactly 0.5" from the frame below the web for the upper mainspring seat. The guy that did the cutting used edm and build a jig to hold it for steel welding.
Notice there is no silver solder band as is common, as it is welded.

Also shorten the mainspring strut 1/2", and the mainspring itself you have to play with a bit as it must be cut to fit in the shorter space.

I do have pictures I'll be adding as I get time.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Olle

I love it!

I have been thinking about doing something like that, but haven't been able to figure out exactly where to cut the grip frame, how much to shorten it and so on. I figure it will take some measuring and head scratching to make sure the spring will still fit, figure out how much the mag can be shortened and so on. I don't want to reinvent the wheel, so do you have any dimensions and/or project pictures so we can get an idea of how it's done?

[Olle]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Since the form factor doesn't reproduce anything in Luger history, I would suggest that the custom stock be REALLY custom and engineer it to be collapsible so it would fit in a hard case with the pistol... just my musings this morning...

Some kind of steampunk steel/brass/leather construction would be cool. Maybe use the Ideal stock as a starting point?

[DonVoigt]

A stock kind of defeats the purpose of making the pistol smaller.
So I won't be going that way, maybe someone else?

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Since the form factor doesn't reproduce anything in Luger history, I would suggest that the custom stock be REALLY custom and engineer it to be collapsible so it would fit in a hard case with the pistol... just my musings this morning...

Perhaps a merging of these three items ( an appropriate piece of buttstock, a stock iron, and a collapsible baton) could be the inspiration?

let's see what you come up with... OH! ... and Don't forget to buy the $200.00 BATFE Short Barreled Rifle (SBR) tax stamp before you attach it to the gun!