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Schupo · 09-23-2005, 01:06 PM

Ed,

Thank you for your guidance by splitting the East German Luger thread. Perhaps those who responded to the first thread will also respond here.

Unspellable,

You are quite correct about the German bureaucratic mindset. A pistol scheduled for refurbishment got refurbished, whether it really needed it or not. You will see this same thing occuring during the time of the Weimar Republic and NS Zeit with police pistols. Prussian Polizei Lugers were updated with sear safeties and magazine safeties and then the magazine safeties were subsequently removed. While you will see some variations that escaped these modifications and refurbishments, they are the exceptions to the rule. German police armorers did not change their mindset from 1933 to 1953.

Speaking of sear safeties, I have not seen a VOPO Luger with a sear safety. That does not mean that they do not exist... but does anyone have a VOPO P.08 with a sear safety?

George

09-23-2005, 01:06 PM	#4
Schupo User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City Metro Posts: 206 Thanks: 1 Thanked 102 Times in 47 Posts	Ed, Thank you for your guidance by splitting the East German Luger thread. Perhaps those who responded to the first thread will also respond here. Unspellable, You are quite correct about the German bureaucratic mindset. A pistol scheduled for refurbishment got refurbished, whether it really needed it or not. You will see this same thing occuring during the time of the Weimar Republic and NS Zeit with police pistols. Prussian Polizei Lugers were updated with sear safeties and magazine safeties and then the magazine safeties were subsequently removed. While you will see some variations that escaped these modifications and refurbishments, they are the exceptions to the rule. German police armorers did not change their mindset from 1933 to 1953. Speaking of sear safeties, I have not seen a VOPO Luger with a sear safety. That does not mean that they do not exist... but does anyone have a VOPO P.08 with a sear safety? George __________________ "You can't please everyone, so you have got to please yourself." Ricky Nelson