Looking for help with 1917 Artillery Luger

Bill_in_VA · 11-27-2017, 12:42 AM

FWIW, this isn’t necessarily an NFA violation. Attaching the stock would be, since it’s neither an original nor repro LP.08 stock, but simply having the two pieces (gun and stock) together isn’t.

For the super paranoid, however, there are ways around the fear... A few options in no particular order: register the gun as an SBR; buy an LP.08 stock; remove the “removable” stock lug; throw away the stock; throw away the gun; store the stock in a separate location from the gun; write a letter seeking to have this particular gun exempted from the purview of the NFA...

But if we’re going to go all ape ****, let’s do the same with the Benke Thiemann Luger stocks, the MGC rifle style stocks, those toy “Luftwaffe” stocks, etc. and register a gun to go with each stock. A strict reading of the law and of ATF opinion letters (which neither carry the weight of law nor apply to anyone other than the addressee) would preclude possession of any of these simultaneous to possession of a Luger. I’ve been in the NFA game a long time and honestly think we’re making a mountain out of a mole hill here with this rare and collectible combination.

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Bill_in_VA User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Southwest Virginia Posts: 373 Thanks: 771 Thanked 554 Times in 198 Posts	FWIW, this isn’t necessarily an NFA violation. Attaching the stock would be, since it’s neither an original nor repro LP.08 stock, but simply having the two pieces (gun and stock) together isn’t. For the super paranoid, however, there are ways around the fear... A few options in no particular order: register the gun as an SBR; buy an LP.08 stock; remove the “removable” stock lug; throw away the stock; throw away the gun; store the stock in a separate location from the gun; write a letter seeking to have this particular gun exempted from the purview of the NFA... But if we’re going to go all ape **, let’s do the same with the Benke Thiemann Luger stocks, the MGC rifle style stocks, those toy “Luftwaffe” stocks, etc. and register a gun to go with each stock. A strict reading of the law and of ATF opinion letters (which neither carry the weight of law nor apply to anyone other than the addressee) would preclude possession of any of these simultaneous to possession of a Luger. I’ve been in the NFA game a long time and honestly think we’re making a mountain out of a mole hill here with this rare and collectible combination. __________________ John 8:32 reive** (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid [variant of reave] ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues."