New Luger owner

[stg44fan]

There is a hole under the side plate. Good work gentlemen.

Now do I try to find a magazine safety or enjoy it as is?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by stg44fan

There is a hole under the side plate. Good work gentlemen.

Now do I try to find a magazine safety or enjoy it as is?

I would look for the magazine safety but only install it for display.

I routinely remove magazine safeties on all my pistols. But the police Lugers [some of them] had that modification and it is part of that particular variations characteristics. And the magazine safety is not easy to find (the piece itself). Many were just cut/ground in half and the stub left in place; other Lugers had the slot welded closed and refinished.

A complete police Luger with both intact safeties is seldom encountered, or at least that is the impression I get from previous posts here.

I have probably bought my last Luger (thanks to Cuomo) but if I could find a decent RC/VoPo refurbished police Luger with both safeties intact I would be sorely tempted...especially if it was for a 'shooter' price...

[Don M]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

.... if I could find a decent RC/VoPo refurbished police Luger with both safeties intact I would be sorely tempted...especially if it was for a 'shooter' price...

Highly unlikely. All of the Lugers I have observed in this category also have the sear safety removed.

[Don M]

Originally Posted by stg44fan

Now do I try to find a magazine safety or enjoy it as is?

Enjoy it as is. You have a very rare complete Landjägerei rig that is all original and in the condition it was in in service from 1937. Adding a mag safety would be a post-war alteration.