help with luger

[Don M]

Originally Posted by mecano44

On the picture I can see that this gun has the " Schiwy Safety " that was introduced in 1930 ( according to my books)

Means that this "Weimar Gun " could have been reworked twice ??

Does this increase a little the value ???

Pierre,

The Schiwy (sear) and Walther (magazine) safeties were "introduced" via an order in August 1933 requiring their installation on most police Lugers. The actual installations probably occurred in 1934 or later. The Walther safety quickly was determined to be undesirable and, in many cases, was never installed. Virtually all of the Walther safeties that were installed initially were later removed or deactivated by order dated 1937. If you consider the installation and removal of these safeties to be "reworks," this gun may have been "reworked" twice. However, we don't yet know if it ever had a Walther safety.

These modifications were part of the service history of these pistols and don't really affect value in my opinion.