New Luger 1939- S/42 w/sear safety

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by ncblksmth1

Are all lugers with sear safeties police guns?

What does a sear safety mean in the realm of collecting lugers?

Does a sear safety make a luger more or less valuable?

OK. here;s a bit more on police Lugers, from what I've read here (experts, correct me if I'm wrong)...

A Police Luger may have come from military or commercial sources; pics will determine which. Military Lugers converted to police use can include re-barreled artillery models (characterized by the sight clearance notch in the receiver) and 7.65 commercial Lugers re-barreled to 9mm, which will have a crown over N proof mark. Police Lugers may or may not have a magazine safety as well as the sear safety. The magazine safety will likely be disabled by cutting the magazine trip off. The cuts and hole in the frame may be welded shut and re-blued, or left empty with the remnants of the safety removed.

I'm sure there are other distinctive features of police Lugers; other members please continue the list...

There are collectors who specialize in police Lugers, and to them, a police Luger is more valuable than a comparable military/commercial Luger. To others, it may be less valuable.

There are some rarities in police Lugers. The 7.65 caliber comes to mind (although I forget which police unit used them),

My personal favorite is the railroad police Lugers.

Now, if I could, I'd like to finish my peanut M&M's...