[Herb]

Herb, according to Fred Datig in his 'The Luger Pistol' he says that the holdopen was discontinued in Lugers with the introduction of the 1908 model made for the Army. He further states that models both with and without the holdopen have been encountered as early as 1909 (?). Going on, he says with the outbreak of the war all models had the holdopen. He says that models produced without it and not later converted were of a relatively small quantity and are quite scarce. He makes no comparison between military and commercial. That is about all I can find in my references but I'll keep digging.