Question for Don M.

[Don M]

Originally Posted by Jan C Still

However, in my opinion this rivet replacement was accomplished in the U.S.
Jan

Jan is probably right. This pistol may have been transferred to the military where the sear safety was removed. Someone in the US may have "restored" it. At least one other S.D.IV. Luger in Table 7-5 of HWIS had the sear safety removed and another is reported as having been captured in a northern Italy POW camp.

There have been earlier discussions on this and Jan's forum about restoring police Lugers by replacing missing sear and/or mag safeties. This pistol is probably an example of how such practices obscure part of a Luger's history.