Luger's Unsafe to Shoot?

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Originally Posted by 4 Scale

Per p. 198 in my copy of "Band of Brothers":

"Hoobler was in a state of exhilaration after shooting a man on horseback. He moved from one position to another, hands in his pockets, batting the breeze with anyone who would talk. In his right-hand pocket he had a Luger he had picked up on the battlefield. A shot rang out. He had accidentally fired the Luger".

That's what Ambrose said but if there is different or better information on the incident that would be interesting to know.

Wikipedia sez it was an FN 1900. But they also say the FN has no safety. And it does.



Even those who were there were not not very sure, their testimony vary.

The only sure thing is that he unfortunately managed to shot himself dead.