Fine Erfurt 1917/1920 PS police luger with intact(repaired) mag safety

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Don M

Don, have you found documentation indicating why the Walther safety was ordered removed or disabled? There has been a lot of speculation but, to my knowledge, no one has determined the reason(s) unequivocally.

I'm not Don, but...According to Sturgess & Gortz, in Chapter 17 of TBLAP, "By order of the 'Reichs Leader SS and Chief of the German Police' of 27 May 1937, trigger safeties of any kind were to be disabled. This obviously referred to the Walther magazine safety".

[Don M]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I'm not Don, but...According to Sturgess & Gortz, in Chapter 17 of TBLAP, "By order of the 'Reichs Leader SS and Chief of the German Police' of 27 May 1937, trigger safeties of any kind were to be disabled. This obviously referred to the Walther magazine safety".

Don, I'm aware of this document but have never seen anything stating why these were determined to be undesirable. As I mentioned, a number of reasonable explanations have been offered but I know of no supporting period documentation or other confirmation. Your post stated they required "very fine adjustment to work properly" and I wondered if there was some documentation to support that.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Don M

Don, I'm aware of this document but have never seen anything stating why these were determined to be undesirable. As I mentioned, a number of reasonable explanations have been offered but I know of no supporting period documentation or other confirmation. Your post stated they required "very fine adjustment to work properly" and I wondered if there was some documentation to support that.

That is correct Don; they do require fine adjustment to work properly due to the design; even a slight difference in magazine dimensions will cause the safety to not release the trigger.

I'm not sure this is "other confirmation" you are looking for; but, as they used to say in math class- "the solution is obvious", or in this case the reason, IMHO.