Luger's Unsafe to Shoot?

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by Major Tom

OK, I'll bite too. It is true that a luger with a round chambered can be fired by pushing in the sear bar. No matter if the manual safety is on or not. The upper receiver, called a cannon, will fire a round even when dismounted from the lower frame. In the movie, it was a captured luger.

I disagree about the first part. With the safety bar in blocking position, a sear that's not worn out does not move enough to allow the firing pin's release.

Dismounting the cannon from the frame eliminates the influence of the safety and allows the sear bar to move when pushed as described. (Dangerous, perhaps...but it looks like fun, too!) Field stripping a loaded gun seems to have been something the police did, thus the sear safety.