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SteveM · 04-18-2019, 09:31 AM

I picked this one up yesterday. I had been looking at it for a couple months but it was too expensive for me, price came down substantially so I grabbed it. It came with the drum and a stock that someone made up at sometime or another. The stock iron doesn't match the pistol. It is all matching including the grips and does have fine tune front and I later discovered rear sights. The drum looks to be the last variation made by Bing.

It is in excellent condition but really, really dirty. I'll get it cleaned up this weekend and get better pics.

abukafura · 04-18-2019, 01:54 PM

Looks good to me. Nice buy....well done

lugerholsterrepair · 04-18-2019, 07:51 PM

Yes! Looks good. But now you need all sorts of other stuff..holster, straps, stock, loader..
An interesting stock but very technically illegal with this pistol. You need a German artillery..real or repro.

Mac Cat · 04-18-2019, 09:16 PM

If the snail drum even works, you did really good.
The LP.08 looks authentic, but the pictures are too fuzzy to get much detail.
I love it.

SteveM · 04-19-2019, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

Yes! Looks good. But now you need all sorts of other stuff..holster, straps, stock, loader..
An interesting stock but very technically illegal with this pistol. You need a German artillery..real or repro.

I would just be happy with a stock, since I have the iron maybe I'll run across one that is without.

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Originally Posted by Mac Cat

If the snail drum even works, you did really good.
The LP.08 looks authentic, but the pictures are too fuzzy to get much detail.
I love it.

Hopefully the drum is ok, I'll have to find instructions on operation.
As I said earlier the LP08 is really dirty. I'll give it a good cleaning and get more pics.

DonVoigt · 04-19-2019, 10:18 AM

"I would just be happy with a stock, since I have the iron maybe I'll run across one that is without."

Sarco has reproduction Artillery stocks -without iron- pretty cheap!

Fit your iron to the Sarco stock and it takes you out of the legal woods; reproduction Artillery stocks have been approved by the ATF, as long as they are similar to the original.

SteveM · 04-22-2019, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Sarco has reproduction Artillery stocks -without iron- pretty cheap!

Fit your iron to the Sarco stock and it takes you out of the legal woods; reproduction Artillery stocks have been approved by the ATF, as long as they are similar to the original.

I didn't see any without the iron on Sarco's website but Numrich had them but sold out.

DonVoigt · 04-22-2019, 10:40 PM

Well,
they used to have them, even the one with the iron is not that much!

SteveM · 04-23-2019, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Well,
they used to have them, even the one with the iron is not that much!

And that is what I did, we'll see how the fit and finish is.

04-18-2019, 09:31 AM	#1
SteveM User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,016 Thanks: 94 Thanked 275 Times in 137 Posts	1917 I picked this one up yesterday. I had been looking at it for a couple months but it was too expensive for me, price came down substantially so I grabbed it. It came with the drum and a stock that someone made up at sometime or another. The stock iron doesn't match the pistol. It is all matching including the grips and does have fine tune front and I later discovered rear sights. The drum looks to be the last variation made by Bing. It is in excellent condition but really, really dirty. I'll get it cleaned up this weekend and get better pics. Attached Thumbnails

04-18-2019, 07:51 PM	#3
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04-19-2019, 10:18 AM	#6
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,442 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	"I would just be happy with a stock, since I have the iron maybe I'll run across one that is without." Sarco has reproduction Artillery stocks -without iron- pretty cheap! Fit your iron to the Sarco stock and it takes you out of the legal woods; reproduction Artillery stocks have been approved by the ATF, as long as they are similar to the original. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

04-22-2019, 10:40 PM	#8
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,442 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	Well, they used to have them, even the one with the iron is not that much! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

04-18-2019, 01:54 PM	#2
abukafura Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, near Greeen Bay Posts: 327 Thanks: 1,314 Thanked 89 Times in 57 Posts	Looks good to me. Nice buy....well done

04-18-2019, 09:16 PM	#4
Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 733 Thanks: 2,100 Thanked 610 Times in 329 Posts	If the snail drum even works, you did really good. The LP.08 looks authentic, but the pictures are too fuzzy to get much detail. I love it.