1920 / 1916 Luger

Ron Wood · 01-02-2024, 05:09 PM

That is what is left of a magazine safety. Like most of the safeties that haven't been removed completly, it has been deactivated by cutting off the little tab that blocks the trigger from being pulled when the magazine has been removed. This safety was intended to keep the trigger being pulled and the gun from being fired when the magazine was removed but there was still a live round in the chamber. It wasn't a well received modification, so most of them were completly removed or, as in the case of your gun, deactivated. It is kind of scarce and an intact original is quite rare.
Ron

01-02-2024, 05:09 PM	#4
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,120 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	That is what is left of a magazine safety. Like most of the safeties that haven't been removed completly, it has been deactivated by cutting off the little tab that blocks the trigger from being pulled when the magazine has been removed. This safety was intended to keep the trigger being pulled and the gun from being fired when the magazine was removed but there was still a live round in the chamber. It wasn't a well received modification, so most of them were completly removed or, as in the case of your gun, deactivated. It is kind of scarce and an intact original is quite rare. Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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