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Unread 01-15-2021, 11:56 PM   #8
Joe in Colorado
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A little over 30 years ago I made some firearms videos, one on German machine guns, one on the Enigma machine, one on Lugers.

I actually did the test you mentioned for my Luger video-screen shots attached.

You can see I used a camera cable release to fire the unit.

The key point-the toggle remained closed.

My jig was just epoxied together and failed on the first test, but that was enough.

About that time, a collector/dealer in our local club mentioned that as a guard of German POWs he had heard or seen that fanatical Nazi prisoners would shoot collaborating POWs with concealed Luger tops.

(I could see holding it in my hand and pushing the sear with my thumbnail.)

Best Wishes, Joe
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