History Lesson - Thumb Safety Position ?

Herb · 01-23-2002, 11:53 PM

According to Fred Datig in his book 'The Luger Pistol' on page 113 he states essentially that for the model 1908 and onward,the grip safety was discarded in favor of the thumb safety. At this time the safety lever was changed from the 'up' position for the grip safety, to the down position for the thumb safety. Of course there may be some variations to this modification, but that is his analysis. I'm getting careful in my posts on Luger subjects as there is always a variation to the norm. Don't want to get anyone excited with the facts.

01-23-2002, 11:53 PM	#2
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: History Lesson - Thumb Safety Position ? According to Fred Datig in his book 'The Luger Pistol' on page 113 he states essentially that for the model 1908 and onward,the grip safety was discarded in favor of the thumb safety. At this time the safety lever was changed from the 'up' position for the grip safety, to the down position for the thumb safety. Of course there may be some variations to this modification, but that is his analysis. I'm getting careful in my posts on Luger subjects as there is always a variation to the norm. Don't want to get anyone excited with the facts.