Help with my toggle catch?

[John Sabato]

To remove the holdopen, you simply lift the rear end up high enough to pull it to the rear so that the spring slides out of its slot. Easy.

This is a perfect example of why Lugers were hand fitted and all the parts numbered. Look at the top of the safety bar in the same photo. See how tight the clearance is on that part and the rectangular hole it rides in? The level of precision engineering necessary to manufacture this pistol never ceases to amaze me.

[Blasfimus]

Could it be possible the spring is bent too far up? The catch shifts back in its slot if I push it and is loose, but it likes to pull itself back foreward and possibly past the little notch that's supposed to surround the pin. But again I don't know anything FOR SURE just going off what I can see. There is no gunk though the entire gun is dinged and scratched inside but every crevasse is perfectly clean.

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by Blasfimus

Could it be possible the spring is bent too far up?

Yes!
... it should fit so it looks like the photos that Marc posted. Careful rebending of the spring (remove it, bend it, and then put it back), should return your holdopen to proper function.