My Eagle

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Jan C Still

Postino
"I didn't realize that the 1900 AE safety had that bare area underneath..."

The area under the safety lever was polished bright under the 1900 AE safety lever. These did not have a GEISCHERT safety marking. See page 412 Central Powers Pistols.

Jan

Jan -

Polished bright or just left un-blued???

I also notice there is no loaded-chamber indicator with 'Geladen' on it...That was pretty surprising, too...(The extractor doesn't even protrude when loaded...Is that a later improvement???)

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by postino

Polished bright or just left un-blued???

I also notice there is no loaded-chamber indicator with 'Geladen' on it...That was pretty surprising, too...(The extractor doesn't even protrude when loaded...Is that a later improvement???)

The bright area is actually cut with an end mill just deep enough to cut through the blue. On an original, not refinished 1900 Luger you can see the swirl marks left by the cutter.

The M1900 extractor is just a flat lugged spring. The improved breechblock with the pivoting extractor did not come along until the transitional 1903/04 Lugers. The new extractor was thick enough to mark, so the 03/04 Navy was marked GELADEN and the 03/04 French was marked CHARGÉ.