What is this stock ??

laoshi75 · 08-01-2016, 10:26 AM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Luger-Pistol...UAAOSwqfNXnKH2

The seller says this is a fantasy item, but I already saw the same wood stock in the Museum of Technics in Berlin a few years ago. I don't think German specialists would display a fake in their museum... Can anybody tell more about this kind of stock please ? Thank you.
PS: the leather part is not a fake (Maury & Co).
christian

Vlim · 08-01-2016, 10:31 AM

It's for a Japanese toy / replica pistol.

And, yes, current day European museums are dumb enough to put toys in their display cases.

I remember seeing a Portuguese Byf 42 with holster on display in a museum in Luxembourg, being presented as a WW1 Imperial luger... And worse...

With a bit of fiddling, these toy versions will actually fit a real luger. But the metal is too soft to be of any real use in the long term. They also exist as 'telescopic stocks' and 'artillery stocks'.

laoshi75 · 08-01-2016, 10:41 AM

Gerben...thank you for the information. I will be much more suspicious now when I visit our museums, even in Germany. Anyway, the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin is really fantastic !
christian

rolandtg · 08-01-2016, 08:02 PM

MGC (Model Gun Corporation) toy stock.
There's some photos of the various different stocks made by MGC in this thread:
http://mp40modelguns.forumotion.net/...-for-luger-p08

08-01-2016, 10:26 AM	#1
laoshi75 User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Thailand/France Posts: 490 Thanks: 288 Thanked 96 Times in 41 Posts	What is this stock ?? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Luger-Pistol...UAAOSwqfNXnKH2 The seller says this is a fantasy item, but I already saw the same wood stock in the Museum of Technics in Berlin a few years ago. I don't think German specialists would display a fake in their museum... Can anybody tell more about this kind of stock please ? Thank you. PS: the leather part is not a fake (Maury & Co). christian

08-01-2016, 10:31 AM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,032 Thanks: 1,018 Thanked 3,873 Times in 1,184 Posts	It's for a Japanese toy / replica pistol. And, yes, current day European museums are dumb enough to put toys in their display cases. I remember seeing a Portuguese Byf 42 with holster on display in a museum in Luxembourg, being presented as a WW1 Imperial luger... And worse... With a bit of fiddling, these toy versions will actually fit a real luger. But the metal is too soft to be of any real use in the long term. They also exist as 'telescopic stocks' and 'artillery stocks'. Last edited by Vlim; 08-02-2016 at 08:26 AM.

08-01-2016, 10:41 AM	#3
laoshi75 User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Thailand/France Posts: 490 Thanks: 288 Thanked 96 Times in 41 Posts	Gerben...thank you for the information. I will be much more suspicious now when I visit our museums, even in Germany. Anyway, the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin is really fantastic ! christian

08-01-2016, 08:02 PM	#4
rolandtg User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 471 Thanks: 361 Thanked 254 Times in 111 Posts	MGC (Model Gun Corporation) toy stock. There's some photos of the various different stocks made by MGC in this thread: http://mp40modelguns.forumotion.net/...-for-luger-p08