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11-08-2013, 03:21 PM | #1 |
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Hold-Open Latch
I recently made my first post concerning a 30 Caliber Luger, magazines, and a holster. I have confirmed that the "Hold-Open Latch" is original (S/N "39" marked), but is missing the tab (broken off from rest of latch part) that is positioned over the magazine top. I am posting-up a photo showing the part.
My current questions are: (1) Can someone confirm that gun is operational without the Hold-Open Latch?; and (2) Does anyone have a Hold-Open Latch with the "39" marking? If so, can you contact me to let me know what the cost would be and the process for ordering it? As mentioned in my initial posting, I am researching this gun for a friend and would like to let her know about possibility of replacing the Hold-Open Latch (cost). If price is reasonable, I would recommend to her that she buy the part. Your help is greatly appreciated. THANKS! |
11-11-2013, 04:34 AM | #2 | |
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The gun is operational without the hold-open latch. It just won't stay open on last round. As a curiosity the P.08 up to 1912 didn't have the hold-open latch, the frames weren't even milled for it, they were retrofitted after 1912 but a few escaped the conversion. |
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11-11-2013, 08:00 AM | #3 |
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Is your hold open broken or is the spring missing on the end?
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11-11-2013, 09:12 AM | #4 |
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The short leg of the hold-open that actually captures the toggle is sheared off.
I've never seen a hold-open fail so catastrophically. |
11-11-2013, 09:39 AM | #5 |
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I did. Once, luckily not my p.08.
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Appreciate your response and question. The only thing broken is the "tab" (looking at it from the top) which would be pointing leftward toward the center of the gun. The tab is at a right (left?) angle from the part with the spring (which is still in place). It appears that the tab sheared off at it's juncture with the rest of the part, possibly before our WWII Vet acquired it.
There definitely is a hollow depression where this tab would normally rest, so it is designed for a Hold-Open Latch. I hope this helps. If you need photos specifically of that part, I can provide. THANKS! |
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Jesse,
Either Luger Doc, (Tom Heller), G.T., (Gerald Tomic) or one of the other Luger smiths here on the site can provide you with a new holdopen. Getting one with the matching "39" number may be a bit more challenging. |
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Now an uneducated question: Weren't early Lugers equipped with the hold open? I think I recall reading that it was only omitted for a while to save some cost, and then re-introduced again? |
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Make that twice. Another one last year, to make things worse the broken part got wedged between the frame and the breech block locking it open, it took some work to get it dislodged. Not good in competition. Still not my P.08. I acquired the habit of removing it when shooting. |
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