Rookie question re: take down lever

alvin · 02-05-2010, 08:51 PM

Hi. It's close, but not exact. This gun's hold open device is not magazine follower although magazine follower does have a role in its function. It has a specific hold open latch activated by the button (on the follower) on the side of the magazine. When the magazine is empty, the magazine button pushes up the hold open latch, and the bolt will be blocked by the latch when it's open. It's like a modern gun.

Here is my question to firearm historians: Was Luger the first gun implement this type of magazine follower activated hold open latch? I know that Borchardt did not have hold open feature, and Mauser's hold open was by magazine follower.... but I don't know who invented this empty magazine activated latch feature which is almost universal on the modern pistol. Obviously, it's an important feature... Please help.

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02-05-2010, 08:51 PM	#11
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Hi. It's close, but not exact. This gun's hold open device is not magazine follower although magazine follower does have a role in its function. It has a specific hold open latch activated by the button (on the follower) on the side of the magazine. When the magazine is empty, the magazine button pushes up the hold open latch, and the bolt will be blocked by the latch when it's open. It's like a modern gun. Here is my question to firearm historians: Was Luger the first gun implement this type of magazine follower activated hold open latch? I know that Borchardt did not have hold open feature, and Mauser's hold open was by magazine follower.... but I don't know who invented this empty magazine activated latch feature which is almost universal on the modern pistol. Obviously, it's an important feature... Please help.