American Eagle Luger

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Originally Posted by sdmark777

OK. I don't have the Sturgess book, so I can not see what you are looking at. But, perhaps it has a picture of the new grooved safety on a much later luger (one with gesichert) for comparison with the old checkered safety on serial #8592. Maybe Sturgess was lazy and did not include a pic of of the grooved safety on a 1900 with bare metal marking as would be less confusing. I am guessing the pic of the grooved safety with GESICHERT is not from serial # 8592. I don't know when GESICHERT started to be marked on the frame, but to my knowledge GESICHERT was not used until at least sometime after 1906. Am I wrong about that?

Your model 1900 Luger is serial number 8293 and has the checkered safety lever and a bright polished safety marking. The model 1900 Luger in the G&S books is serial number 8592. At some unknown serial number between those two, a change was made to the design of the safety lever and "GESICHERT" added. I don't know how to say it any more clearly and this is my final word on the matter.