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Unread 04-20-2017, 10:03 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by stg44fan View Post
There is a hole under the side plate. Good work gentlemen.

Now do I try to find a magazine safety or enjoy it as is?
I would look for the magazine safety but only install it for display.

I routinely remove magazine safeties on all my pistols. But the police Lugers [some of them] had that modification and it is part of that particular variations characteristics. And the magazine safety is not easy to find (the piece itself). Many were just cut/ground in half and the stub left in place; other Lugers had the slot welded closed and refinished.

A complete police Luger with both intact safeties is seldom encountered, or at least that is the impression I get from previous posts here.

I have probably bought my last Luger (thanks to Cuomo) but if I could find a decent RC/VoPo refurbished police Luger with both safeties intact I would be sorely tempted...especially if it was for a 'shooter' price...
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