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Playing with my 1940 "42"
I came to realize that by retracting the toggle just a half inch or so, I was able to **** the firing pin and the toggle snapped in place remaining in this position.

I also noticed that if in this position ( the toggle "snapped" in place 1/2 inch back)
that
If I pulled the trigger while Holding back the goggle ears, and then just let the toggle ease down gently, the firing pin "decocked".

This seems to be a better way to decock the firing pin when storing the pistol than to just "dry Fire" it.

I didn't try ( was called away ) but afterward, wondered if you coud do the same thing with a round (live or not) in the chamber.

Will the toggle snap in place and remain ( 1/2 inch back) if the firing pin is cocked.

This would be one way to check for a loaded round in chamber

What about "easing the toggle back down" (simultaneously easing the firing pin down) on a chamber with a live round in the chamber.

This sounds like a bad thing to do.
Firing pin wcould be resting on the primer of a live shell
( Is the firing pin in the luger a "rebounding" deal ?)
Could a "jarring' ( i.e. dropping the pistol - set off a live round.

Were Lugers carried "Cocked and locked" like a 1911?

Working the action to get a live round from a full magazine to an empty chamber feels to me; to be a much more "difficult/awkward" manuver than a the slide of a 1911 even.

Requires Finger strength in the off hand that many people can not muster easily. It is even more difficult If you have to **** the firing pin as well as work the action.

So many questions...............

Got to go now

Boss is coming