A really kool rig........

hgreer2 · 06-04-2011, 04:30 PM

This repo wooden artillery holster belongs to George Fortier, leather by Jerry Burney. Lucky me, I have one like it.

Harry

MFC · 06-04-2011, 09:13 PM

I like it. Thanks for showing.

Conny · 06-04-2011, 09:56 PM

I had a stock like that but sold it on GunBroker a few years ago. Kinda wish I kept it now that I see how good it looks attached to an Arty w/drum.

wlyon · 06-04-2011, 10:24 PM

Is this legal on an artillery?? Bill

sheepherder · 06-04-2011, 10:51 PM

I like it!!!

It's a repro??? Is it an actual copy of an existing (or existed at one time) stock/holster, or is it a 'fantasy' rendition of what an artillery stock might have looked like??? I've never seen anything like it...but then I've never handled an actual artillery Luger either...

hgreer2 · 06-05-2011, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by wlyon

Is this legal on an artillery?? Bill

Don't know for sure Bill, but it's reproduced from an original German prototype that never went into production.

Harry

Michael Zeleny · 06-05-2011, 03:53 AM

Hermann Historica sold an original specimen in its 60th auction for 5,200 Euros +23%.

sheepherder · 06-05-2011, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael Zeleny

Hermann Historica sold an original specimen in its 60th auction for 5,200 Euros +23%.

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hgreer2 · 06-05-2011, 12:55 PM

George can't leave anything alone, he has this drive to improve things. He added the felt to protect the finish on his gun and to make it fit snug, next he added the take down tool and last he had Jerry Burney make him a Swiss strap to remove the gun from the holster. George and I start out even, but the next thing I know, I have the standard issue and George has the deluxe one....

John Sabato · 06-06-2011, 10:07 AM

Bill, in answer to your legality question... I think the true answer is that no one that I know has ever made a test case of this combination with the BATFE... I would hope that this 5-letter organization would use some common sense... since this is a repro of a prototype... I would love to see copies of the original blueprints of the prototype stock. That would be provenance to keep BATFE off the owner's back...

Norme · 06-06-2011, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by John Sabato

I would love to see copies of the original blueprints of the prototype stock. That would be provenance to keep BATFE off the owner's back...

Hi John, Blueprints, and photos of surviving examples of prototype stocks are shown in the new Görtz/Sturgess book,"Pistole Parabellum", pages 1331 through 1338. Best regards, Norm

Ron Wood · 06-06-2011, 10:47 AM

Although extremely rare, there are enough surviving examples of the prototype stock to establish provenance for the repros. The biggest fly in the ointment is finding a prototype 1913 LP08 to go with it

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06-04-2011, 04:30 PM	#1
hgreer2 Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 309 Thanks: 1 Thanked 29 Times in 20 Posts	A really kool rig........ This repo wooden artillery holster belongs to George Fortier, leather by Jerry Burney. Lucky me, I have one like it. Harry Attached Thumbnails

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MFC User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 183 Thanked 281 Times in 162 Posts	I like it. Thanks for showing. __________________ Mike C.

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Conny User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Culpeper, Va. Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 26 Times in 13 Posts	I had a stock like that but sold it on GunBroker a few years ago. Kinda wish I kept it now that I see how good it looks attached to an Arty w/drum. __________________ Rangers Lead the Way, Duane Leiker

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sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	I like it!!! It's a repro??? Is it an actual copy of an existing (or existed at one time) stock/holster, or is it a 'fantasy' rendition of what an artillery stock might have looked like??? I've never seen anything like it...but then I've never handled an actual artillery Luger either... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

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Michael Zeleny Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 525 Thanks: 129 Thanked 139 Times in 76 Posts	Hermann Historica sold an original specimen in its 60th auction for 5,200 Euros +23%. __________________ Michael [email protected] -- http://larvatus.livejournal.com/ -- 7576 Willow Glen Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046 -- 323.363.1860 All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett

06-05-2011, 12:55 PM	#9
hgreer2 Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 309 Thanks: 1 Thanked 29 Times in 20 Posts	A few more pictures of a kool rig... George can't leave anything alone, he has this drive to improve things. He added the felt to protect the finish on his gun and to make it fit snug, next he added the take down tool and last he had Jerry Burney make him a Swiss strap to remove the gun from the holster. George and I start out even, but the next thing I know, I have the standard issue and George has the deluxe one.... Attached Thumbnails

06-06-2011, 10:07 AM	#10
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	Bill, in answer to your legality question... I think the true answer is that no one that I know has ever made a test case of this combination with the BATFE... I would hope that this 5-letter organization would use some common sense... since this is a repro of a prototype... I would love to see copies of the original blueprints of the prototype stock. That would be provenance to keep BATFE off the owner's back... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

06-06-2011, 10:47 AM	#12
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,179 Times in 1,703 Posts	Although extremely rare, there are enough surviving examples of the prototype stock to establish provenance for the repros. The biggest fly in the ointment is finding a prototype 1913 LP08 to go with it! __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction