Undated Simson Luger?

ken d · 01-09-2003, 05:22 PM

JohnF:

Your view of the toggle shows a cut out on the top edge of the side plate for the sear safety but the flange above the sear does not show a hole for the rivet that secures the safety. Without Simson acceptance marks I agree the side plate is replacement. The Simson suffix letter should be an "a", not the normal lower case German script letter for an a.
Weimar Lugers, page 36, states "Serial numbers of the "S" code variation were interspersed in the Blank Chamber production and their production overlapped." This may indicate "S" codes may or may not have a suffix.

Ken D

01-09-2003, 05:22 PM	#10
ken d Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: louisville ky Posts: 277 Thanks: 31 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	JohnF: Your view of the toggle shows a cut out on the top edge of the side plate for the sear safety but the flange above the sear does not show a hole for the rivet that secures the safety. Without Simson acceptance marks I agree the side plate is replacement. The Simson suffix letter should be an "a", not the normal lower case German script letter for an a. Weimar Lugers, page 36, states "Serial numbers of the "S" code variation were interspersed in the Blank Chamber production and their production overlapped." This may indicate "S" codes may or may not have a suffix. Ken D