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pjm30144airborne · 07-26-2010, 03:22 PM

I appreciate all the input. This gun was purchased from the estate of a WWII vet> The guy I bought it from had other things from this estate as well.
Note: all of the second gun parts are #11 and the last owner said he only shot it never did anything to it. Who knows what the vet who brought it back may have done.
This was most likely a police pistol of some kind. The rear toggle pin is serial stamped 80 from the serial number 780 (1932 requirement) and there was once a sear safety as both holes are present. But for some reason the mag safety machining was never completed, only the hole was drilled. I have read on other forums that some sear safeties were removed by armorers during the war here is an example of the DDR (vopo) comments from another forum.

"You bring up an interesting point about the safeties on DDR reworked Lugers. Every one I have seen only has the original safety lever made operational. Any magazine or sear safeties were either removed or disconnected. Removing the Weimar period police safeties seems to be the standard protocol followed by DDR armorers when refurbishing these P.08 pistols.

I would offer the theory that it was standard operating procedure for DDR armorers to refurbish or repair these pistols with only the one safety made operational. My 1957 copy of Waffen- und Geländekunde does not specifically address that issue but does show only the one original safety and only indicates this safety in use.

It seems to make sense that newly manufactured parts, such as the sideplate, might leave space for the old safeties if they were still present. I would think that leaving the cutout on this sideplate would be prudent so that DDR armorers could use the sideplate to repair a pistol that still had the sear safety in place in an emergency. A field armorer in time of war might not have the equipment to remove the sear safety but could put a luger that still had one back into action with this new sideplate"

I am sure I will never know really but it makes for an interesting gun and well worth the $550.00 I paid for it.
$100.00 for the holster. I think I got a good deal.

07-26-2010, 03:22 PM	#15
pjm30144airborne User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Kennesaw Georgia Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I appreciate all the input. This gun was purchased from the estate of a WWII vet> The guy I bought it from had other things from this estate as well. Note: all of the second gun parts are #11 and the last owner said he only shot it never did anything to it. Who knows what the vet who brought it back may have done. This was most likely a police pistol of some kind. The rear toggle pin is serial stamped 80 from the serial number 780 (1932 requirement) and there was once a sear safety as both holes are present. But for some reason the mag safety machining was never completed, only the hole was drilled. I have read on other forums that some sear safeties were removed by armorers during the war here is an example of the DDR (vopo) comments from another forum. "You bring up an interesting point about the safeties on DDR reworked Lugers. Every one I have seen only has the original safety lever made operational. Any magazine or sear safeties were either removed or disconnected. Removing the Weimar period police safeties seems to be the standard protocol followed by DDR armorers when refurbishing these P.08 pistols. I would offer the theory that it was standard operating procedure for DDR armorers to refurbish or repair these pistols with only the one safety made operational. My 1957 copy of Waffen- und Geländekunde does not specifically address that issue but does show only the one original safety and only indicates this safety in use. It seems to make sense that newly manufactured parts, such as the sideplate, might leave space for the old safeties if they were still present. I would think that leaving the cutout on this sideplate would be prudent so that DDR armorers could use the sideplate to repair a pistol that still had the sear safety in place in an emergency. A field armorer in time of war might not have the equipment to remove the sear safety but could put a luger that still had one back into action with this new sideplate" I am sure I will never know really but it makes for an interesting gun and well worth the $550.00 I paid for it. $100.00 for the holster. I think I got a good deal.