Back about 1990 I found a rather sad looking 1917 Artillery Luger and brought it home for $225. The bore was nice and it was all matching. Cosmetically it had a fair amount of surface rust but cleaned up reasonably well. Not a show piece for sure.
It would fire... once. Then nothing until I raised the toggles to the first break point and lowered them again. The disconnector was stuck fully out and wouldn't push in. That prevented the sear from engaging the firing pin until the trigger was released and the toggles broken to **** it again. An overnight soak in Kroil freed it up and it became a reliable and accurate shooter. I foolishly let it get away when a friend just "had to have it".
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