1940 Mauser Banner help

OGN · 02-01-2012, 12:19 PM

12 years ago I inherited a luger from my father after he died. He originally got it from his brother after he died in 1993. Both were WW2 vets. It's a 1940 dated Mauser banner police model. I have done some research on these to determine that is what this model is. My father took off the original grips and replaced them with repros some time ago and the originals are lost for good. It came with an original holster and mag loading tool as well. The mags that came with it have wooden bottoms so apparantly those don't match either. Other than that the gun is about 90 percent on the finish with an excellent bore and no rust or pits. The numbers on everything that is numbered all match. The one question I have is that just now I was reading about a "safety sear" that was used on these models for police use. My example is missing that and judging from the light silver round area where the rivet broke off, it looked pretty small to take any kind of hard abuse before breaking. Would it be best to leave it alone or would it be worthwhile to have an original one installed, that's if they are even available ?

02-01-2012, 12:19 PM	#1
OGN User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: California Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	1940 Mauser Banner help 12 years ago I inherited a luger from my father after he died. He originally got it from his brother after he died in 1993. Both were WW2 vets. It's a 1940 dated Mauser banner police model. I have done some research on these to determine that is what this model is. My father took off the original grips and replaced them with repros some time ago and the originals are lost for good. It came with an original holster and mag loading tool as well. The mags that came with it have wooden bottoms so apparantly those don't match either. Other than that the gun is about 90 percent on the finish with an excellent bore and no rust or pits. The numbers on everything that is numbered all match. The one question I have is that just now I was reading about a "safety sear" that was used on these models for police use. My example is missing that and judging from the light silver round area where the rivet broke off, it looked pretty small to take any kind of hard abuse before breaking. Would it be best to leave it alone or would it be worthwhile to have an original one installed, that's if they are even available ?