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cactus-one · 02-21-2004, 05:04 PM

I have a byf dated 42 Luger. It was taken from a prisoner in Koblenz, Germany. I bought it from the man who brought it home, and he assures me he never messed with it in any way. Yet somewhere along the line the hold-open was filed down where it meets the magazine, so that the pistol in effect, has no hold open. In Datigs book he mentions that in WWI the hold-open was not universally liked. Could this have also been the case in WW2, so that some men disbled the hold-open? Has anyone encountered anything similar to this?

02-21-2004, 05:04 PM	#1
cactus-one User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	filed off hold-open I have a byf dated 42 Luger. It was taken from a prisoner in Koblenz, Germany. I bought it from the man who brought it home, and he assures me he never messed with it in any way. Yet somewhere along the line the hold-open was filed down where it meets the magazine, so that the pistol in effect, has no hold open. In Datigs book he mentions that in WWI the hold-open was not universally liked. Could this have also been the case in WW2, so that some men disbled the hold-open? Has anyone encountered anything similar to this?