Your magazine safety is deactivated in one of several "ways" that are seen. The projection into the mag well and behind the trigger have been removed.
Some are cut back even farther with just the "U" left in place; others have been removed entirely and the slot left open; still others- but not as many- were removed and the "slot" filled by welding and the repair spot refinished.
I have two pistols with magazine safties that have been "repaired" and now look and work as they were originally intended.
Only one or a few "original" intact magazine safeties have been reported.
Datig's book is pretty "dated" now, more recent fully referenced works have not reported the 1922 dated production. One of the members here has seen a "1922", original? Maybe maybe not, but they sure are not seen on the market- not even by the "fakers" of rare lugers.
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03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector.
Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie
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