Police luger help needed

[Don M]

Ed, the only hard evidence I know of indicating a police force purchased Lugers in .30 cal and later rebarrelled them are the Bremen Schupo Lugers with x'd-out 7,65 markings on the chamber. All of these pistols were manufactured and probably delivered in or before 1925. Apparently, the Bremen police used them in .30 cal for some period of time before rebarrelling them in 9-mm. This may have occurred after the IMKK left Germany in January 1927. I suspect that any Lugers purchased by police after the IMKK's departure were delivered in 9 mm.

Guntoter, quite a few police-marked Lugers were transferred to the military in the mid-30s; however, most of these either never had sear safeties installed or had them removed. Since this pistol has an intact sear safety, your first supposition seems most likely.