1920 / 1916 Luger
 

I am looking at a very good condition, all matching Luger. It looks like a Police Rework. I am not familiar with the sear safety that would denote this as such. In this picture, is that the item behind the trigger? There is also a notched bit further down the gun. They are asking $2500.

https://i.imgur.com/hB73YpQ.jpg

The piece behind the trigger is a magazine safety that was designed to prevent firing the pistol if the magazine was removed. The vast majority of Police Lugers had them removed or the piece that blocked the trigger clipped off. Very few are found with the pieces still installed and extremely few with the disconnect still functional.

Many are found with the sear safety - the flat spring riveted to the sear bar hood -but the magazine safety/disconnect apparently didn't function well enough or was found to be unnecessary and most were removed.

Steven,

The things you circled are parts of the magazine safety. The sear safety is spring/bar resting above the sear in the photo (you have to push it up to get the side plate on). Post more photos if you can, and someone with more knowledge can provide an opinion on value.

Karl

That is what is left of a magazine safety. Like most of the safeties that haven't been removed completly, it has been deactivated by cutting off the little tab that blocks the trigger from being pulled when the magazine has been removed. This safety was intended to keep the trigger being pulled and the gun from being fired when the magazine was removed but there was still a live round in the chamber. It wasn't a well received modification, so most of them were completly removed or, as in the case of your gun, deactivated. It is kind of scarce and an intact original is quite rare.
Ron

I forgot to mention that when I said all matching, that included the magazine as well.

1920/1926 Luger
 

While the pistol looks to be very nice and matching I think $2500 high.

I went ahead and got it. I did get them to come down on the price. I'm guessing that while the magazine s/n matches, I'm guessing it's an armorer's reissue, or just a later mag the previous owner found with a matching s/n.

https://i.imgur.com/778EYVS.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/iQ1UWsq.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/5u0H0eH.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/bgta2l1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/F95WE5Q.jpg