Gun Jammed

Alx · 12-02-2007, 07:42 AM

Ron, your gun has a "relieved" trigger bar, which indeed does not come all the way back to the safety bar when the toggle is lowered, but do not assume that all Lugers are this way. Up to some time in 1915, the trigger bar extended all the way back to the safety bar, but German army regulations then determined the the trigger bar should be thereafter milled "relieved" as your is, to allow the gun to be unchambered when on safe. Most of these earlier guns in the German army's possession were sent back to the factories to be modified, but many were left as originally unrelieved.
Notice, that although the chambered round (gun cocked) can be unloaded with the safety on, provided the trigger bar is milled for relief, that the toggle cannot be cycled if the Luger is on safe if the gun is not cocked already.
The relieved trigger bar is only effective in allowing the gun to be cycled on safe, if it is cocked.

12-02-2007, 07:42 AM	#5
Alx User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nashville, Tennessee area Posts: 263 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Ron, your gun has a "relieved" trigger bar, which indeed does not come all the way back to the safety bar when the toggle is lowered, but do not assume that all Lugers are this way. Up to some time in 1915, the trigger bar extended all the way back to the safety bar, but German army regulations then determined the the trigger bar should be thereafter milled "relieved" as your is, to allow the gun to be unchambered when on safe. Most of these earlier guns in the German army's possession were sent back to the factories to be modified, but many were left as originally unrelieved. Notice, that although the chambered round (gun cocked) can be unloaded with the safety on, provided the trigger bar is milled for relief, that the toggle cannot be cycled if the Luger is on safe if the gun is not cocked already. The relieved trigger bar is only effective in allowing the gun to be cycled on safe, if it is cocked.