[Guest]

Dear collectioners!

I am a newcomer both to this forum and to the German militaria collectioning. Someday I will bore you all to death with my stupid questions. You are my shortcut to the truth. In my turn, I will be happy to help you with anything connected to former Soviet Union (I speak Russian and Ukrainian).

Finally the question

The best "Reference Book on the World's Firearms" published in the Soviet Union (Editor-in-Chief - A.B.Zhuk) gives the picture of the P08 Kriegsmarine shoulder stock. According to the picture, the stock is much like the one of Broomhandle C96. It may have a slightly different contour but the overall shape is just the same. Of course attaching irons are different.

I've surfed an internet inside out but was not lucky to find one. I mean the wooden stock for Navy Luger. The stock which one can put the gun into - made of wood and resembling the one for C96.

The most intresting thing - I think I saw it live about 12 months ago. It was the time when I knew nothing about lugers - I just took a quick look and thought: it's a nice item and it looks pretty old.

What can you say.

Thank you



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[Olefogey]

Anton,
I'm new to Luger colecting although I have a few. I am only familiar with the Navy board stock....I have never seen one like in your illustration.I will have to look around a bit. I have Zhuk's book on Handguns...it is very complete!!

Dave

 

[Vlim]

Well,

As the illustrations are artist's impressions it's difficult to tell whether the artist just drew a Mauser C96 stock on a P04 or that he copied an existing example.

There was mention of a stock, doubling as a holster during some early acceptance trials that were held before 1904. Sadly, none of the descriptions I know is 100% reliable.

The following illustration is from DWM's company archives and it predates 1939.

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[keoki7]

Antonio8, there was a "Mauser type" stock used on prototype LP08s early in their development but I have never heard of such a stock for a P04 (Marine Parabellum). The P04 stock, like the full production LP08 stock, was a paddle board type to which was attached a leather holster.

 

[Ron Wood]

I would love to know if the artist drew an existing example. In addition to being a C96 configuration, it also has the push-button stock attachment rather than the later lever type. The only example of this type of attachment that I am aware of was the rare 7" model in the 10,000 serial number range (no "B" suffix) attributed to South American distribution, and it was on a flat board type stock.

 

[Guest]

The exact stock you have been discribing is almost ready to close (17 hr's to go) on e-bay. I have seen one of these original's but this is a fine copy and the price is at $170.00 as of right now. I have nothing to do with this auction but I think this would be a fine addition to any collection.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6525297723&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

Good Luck:

Redwing~