1920 / 1916 Luger

Doubs · 01-02-2024, 04:03 PM

The piece behind the trigger is a magazine safety that was designed to prevent firing the pistol if the magazine was removed. The vast majority of Police Lugers had them removed or the piece that blocked the trigger clipped off. Very few are found with the pieces still installed and extremely few with the disconnect still functional.

Many are found with the sear safety - the flat spring riveted to the sear bar hood -but the magazine safety/disconnect apparently didn't function well enough or was found to be unnecessary and most were removed.

01-02-2024, 04:03 PM	#2
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 819 Thanked 1,769 Times in 586 Posts	The piece behind the trigger is a magazine safety that was designed to prevent firing the pistol if the magazine was removed. The vast majority of Police Lugers had them removed or the piece that blocked the trigger clipped off. Very few are found with the pieces still installed and extremely few with the disconnect still functional. Many are found with the sear safety - the flat spring riveted to the sear bar hood -but the magazine safety/disconnect apparently didn't function well enough or was found to be unnecessary and most were removed.