First luger! 1920 DWM

[Edward Tinker]

don, you believe that barracked Bereitschaftspolizei are the only police that did not get sear safeties?

interesting - that has not been my observation

there were many police guns that ended up into the army BEFORE sear safeties were required; such as:

Example 1 - 1920 DWM, sn 3004a, property marked to the Polizeiwehr Bayern. As this organization was disbanded in 1922, the pistol never received a sear safety

In 1933 the Schiwy-Sicherung (sear safety, patent DRP 501,267 by Ludwig Schiwy) was ordered fitted to all P08s in police service throughout Prussia. Due to the independent circumstances of the police forces in other states the sear safety regulation did not apply to them. Jan Still (renowned P08 expert and author) has suggested that many police P08s were retrofitted with sear safeties after the police in all the other states were nationalized in 1936.

Example 2 -This 1918 DWM military pistol sn 8739a has neither sear safety nor magazine safety, and is not police unit marked. It was originally an LP08, demonstrated by the receiver notch. Its police use is recognized by its small markings (has a PTV barrel)

Example 3 - DWM military proofed 1920 dated, serial number 8630. This was one of the pistols manufactured under DWM’s Weimar military contract. This pistol was originally issued to the Sachsen Polizeischul and unit stamped P.S. In 1933 the name of the facility was changed to the Saxon Polizeischul at Berg. The original mark was scrubbed and overstamped with the new PBg stamp There is no sear safety, as the police schools were not subject to that requirement

Example 4 - This Commercial DWM, with neither sear nor magazine safety, is weapon number 393 issued to the Saxon Police School in the province of Berg. In addition to the c/N Commercial proofs, on the right receiver is found the e/WaA66 Waffenamt acceptance mark and e/H firing proof.

My point is that many police guns did not receive a sear safety, and although this one is likely not police, others did not receive a sear safety.