Period stock lug modification S/42 G? Any help appreciated, please!

mdkearns · 01-26-2003, 10:33 AM

Hello! Super site! This is my first post, just getting into Lugers. I have an opportunity to acquire a vet bringback "G" prefix S/42 P-08, solid 94 percent original blue, nice bright strawing where it's supposed to be,no pits, just holster wear, bore excellent, all matching numbers except magazine, nice original wood grips. Now the downside-someone along the line ground off the stock lug! The modification(damage!) was not reblued over, but was neatly done, having a dark gray patina where the lug ridge was. It has the appearance of having been done during the period, and I cannot imagine any reason the vet would have done it(he swears it was like that when he got it out of a stack of German vet turn-ins at a Austrian police station in late 1945). Please, does anyone know of any legitamate reason this could have been done? I have seen modifications such as a military pistol's lanyard ring or hammer spur being removed due to a percieved hazard or resale to the civilian market, but for someone to do this to a nice Luger is like disfiguring a work of art. Any opinions, knowledge or assistance would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Edward Tinker · 01-26-2003, 01:07 PM

Normally I say it was done during the timeframe in America when people got panic'd about stocks being attached and therefore illegal, lots of lugs were ground off. ((pretty much ruins any collector value)). That is my first guess.

If he swears it came that way, then there must have been some kind of batlefield damage or armorer that messed with it, either US or German?

Frank · 01-26-2003, 01:28 PM

Ed, I would agree with your number one reply. While your number two reply is plausible, I think it smells like the number!! Sorry, but pun intended!

mdkearns · 01-26-2003, 06:25 PM

Thanks for the help, guys! I think I'll let this one pass and buy a good reference book instead! With gratitude, Mike Kearns

Silvereagle29 · 01-29-2003, 12:51 AM

Ed
Was done in the US many years ago when stock lugs were not legal.
I have seen several. Would cost about $800 to fix it and you would have a restored Luger. Too bad, I would just forget it. What was the serial number and suffix so we can keep track of it in the future.
Don

01-26-2003, 10:33 AM	#1
mdkearns New User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Period stock lug modification S/42 G? Any help appreciated, please! Hello! Super site! This is my first post, just getting into Lugers. I have an opportunity to acquire a vet bringback "G" prefix S/42 P-08, solid 94 percent original blue, nice bright strawing where it's supposed to be,no pits, just holster wear, bore excellent, all matching numbers except magazine, nice original wood grips. Now the downside-someone along the line ground off the stock lug! The modification(damage!) was not reblued over, but was neatly done, having a dark gray patina where the lug ridge was. It has the appearance of having been done during the period, and I cannot imagine any reason the vet would have done it(he swears it was like that when he got it out of a stack of German vet turn-ins at a Austrian police station in late 1945). Please, does anyone know of any legitamate reason this could have been done? I have seen modifications such as a military pistol's lanyard ring or hammer spur being removed due to a percieved hazard or resale to the civilian market, but for someone to do this to a nice Luger is like disfiguring a work of art. Any opinions, knowledge or assistance would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

01-26-2003, 01:07 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,927 Thanks: 2,026 Thanked 4,525 Times in 2,090 Posts	Normally I say it was done during the timeframe in America when people got panic'd about stocks being attached and therefore illegal, lots of lugs were ground off. ((pretty much ruins any collector value)). That is my first guess. If he swears it came that way, then there must have been some kind of batlefield damage or armorer that messed with it, either US or German? __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

01-26-2003, 01:28 PM	#3
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 163 Times in 87 Posts	Ed, I would agree with your number one reply. While your number two reply is plausible, I think it smells like the number!! Sorry, but pun intended!

01-26-2003, 06:25 PM	#4
mdkearns New User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the help, guys! I think I'll let this one pass and buy a good reference book instead! With gratitude, Mike Kearns

01-29-2003, 12:51 AM	#5
Silvereagle29 User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington State Posts: 105 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Ed Was done in the US many years ago when stock lugs were not legal. I have seen several. Would cost about $800 to fix it and you would have a restored Luger. Too bad, I would just forget it. What was the serial number and suffix so we can keep track of it in the future. Don