Pauly,
welcome from NC , too.
You do not have to have a working hold open to fire your Luger.
If the holdopen piece is in there, you can check the movement as suggested above.
I had one that the holding "part" was chipped off, and even though it raised, it would not hold open. This is a possiblitiy. But you can see that by removing the upper.
Enjoy your nice early Commercial. If it were an AE, it would have a nice large American Eagle seal type symbol right on top of the chamber.
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