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Originally Posted by Good-Day
The 1913 does not hold open and has no stock lug
I did not break it down to see if it just has a broken spring
The 1911 does hold open
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The 1911 was manufactured without a hold open. Many early Lugers made that way were later modified at the Royal Erfurt Rifle Arsenal (factory) to have a hold open. If you look on the right side just behind and above the trigger, you'll see a pin sticking through with a small crown over a letter stamped under it. That shows that the hold open was added after original manufacture. At the same time, the front sight was replaced to bring zero to 50 meters. Early Lugers were zeroed between 80 & 110 meters.
If the 1913 doesn't have a hold open, it was made early that year. Some units didn't return their Lugers to have the hold open added. The picture below shows a hold open and if you pull the action open on the 1913, you will be able to see if it has one or not.
