Pistols with shoulder stocks

[farmer]

When were Mauser Broomhandles and Lugers with original shoulder stocks removed from the NFA list? [26 U.S.C. 5845, 27 CFR 479.11]? They were on the list when the 1969 amnesty poster was put out.

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

An excellent question. Interpretation of the law is not entirely clear. It appears that an original or a repro stock is only legal on a Luger pistol model which was ORIGINALLY ISSUED with a stock. In the German military Lugers, only the 6" Navy and 8" Artillery were ever issued with a shoulder stock. On the Navy and Artillery Lugers, the stock was never used by itself. It was attached to the holster, and the holster and stock were used together. The entire rig, pistole, holster, and stock, was carried by a leather sling over the shoulder rather than being in a holster fastened to the belt.

[42rocker]

Something else, farmer WELCOME to the site... It's a great site with a lot of great info and folks that are willing to share. Like DA's post.

Later 42rocker

[amafrank]

I think they were removed from the requirement of registering with NFA in 86 or thereabouts. I recall buying a broomhandle in about 79 and it had a stock/holster but no attaching metal. I had a few offers to sell me the metal but being a teenaged kid I was worried about getting in trouble for having an illegal SBR. Didn't seem too worried about buying a handgun at 17 though???? At some point in the early to mid eighties a law was passed allowing the import of foreign military firearms (they were prohibited prior) and the reimport of US manufactured military arms as well as the sale of ammunition directly to the buyer with no dealer in between. At that point the shoulder stocks and shoulder stock holsters were allowed to be used with no registration. At that point repro's were allowed too, probably because there weren't many being made. Lots of lugers and broomhandles came out of china along with high powers and other assorted military pistols. Everyone wanted stocks for a short time there and the repro market swelled. Not sure when the repro stocks were suddenly not allowed and I don't think even ATF knows what their regs say....too many contradictory letter rulings out there.

Hope that helps some

Frank