Trigger Variations

I'm starting a new thread on this because I don't think this subject is dead yet. I'm looking at the sides of two triggers, one 1940 42 Mauser which is thick, and the other probably Imperial DWM which is thin. This concerns the width of the side, not the front, of the triggers.


I bought a new camera but am still waiting for the ac power cord/battery charger, so no photos. In "Lugers at Random" the M1908 DWM on p.163 and the M1914 Erfurt on p.165 have the slim triggers. The M1934 Mauser 42 on p.279 has the thick trigger. I realize that many photos do not show the trigger clearly, but these do.


Frank Manders wrote, "I looked in my Still Books and it seems that maybe, and I mean maybe the trigger design might have changed in the K to G Date range (1934 - 1935). I is difficult to tell from the photos. I took a peek at my Lugers and my 1933 Sneak, made by Mauser and assembled from mostly DWM parts has a "thin" trigger and both my K-Date and G-Dates have the "thick" trigger. For what it's worth!"


Tom Heller wrote, "There may in fact be minor dimensional differences in the triggers between the different manufacturers, but if you mic them, I doubt that they would be more than a few thousandths. The only triggers that I know of that are much thinner, are on the M1900 luger."


If there was a definite point of change, and if it can be pinpointed when the change in triggers occurred, it might be, for example, a new variation in K date Lugers. At the least it might help to establish whether or not a questionable #74 trigger is original to a #xx74 Luger. OTOH, it may be that this noncritical dimension of the trigger varied back and forth without a specific change point.


Any additional comments?