Sear bar on 1916 DWM

grapppa · 07-09-2005, 12:32 PM

I have a 1916 DWM that has an old style sear bar. I cannot load unless the safety is off. It is numbered to the gun. Is it unusual to have a pre-war sear bar on a wartime gun?

Dwight Gruber · 07-09-2005, 03:16 PM

The relieved sear bar was devised and implemented in 1916. Late-year production has them, early production has the old style.

--Dwight

LU1900 · 07-11-2005, 05:51 AM

Grapppa ; the new safety is ONLY to unload or load but when the firing pin is armed (ready to do fire) in other case you can't mouve the toggle.
Regards...Pat

heinz_r · 07-11-2005, 12:27 PM

I can also not load my Luger in the position "Gesichert". 41 Code 42 model.

Dwight Gruber · 07-11-2005, 01:30 PM

Heinz,

This is normal for -all Lugers- when the striker is uncocked--that is, in the fired position--and the safety is on. The striker sear cannot move back past the sear bar, because the safety bar will not let the sear bar spring back out of the way.

--Dwight

07-09-2005, 12:32 PM	#1
grapppa User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hillsborough, NJ Posts: 147 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sear bar on 1916 DWM I have a 1916 DWM that has an old style sear bar. I cannot load unless the safety is off. It is numbered to the gun. Is it unusual to have a pre-war sear bar on a wartime gun?

07-11-2005, 05:51 AM	#3
LU1900 User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: FRANCE Posts: 906 Thanks: 39 Thanked 467 Times in 195 Posts	Grapppa ; the new safety is ONLY to unload or load but when the firing pin is armed (ready to do fire) in other case you can't mouve the toggle. Regards...Pat __________________ Best regards from France...Patrice https://www.fichier-pdf.fr/2016/03/1...nd-snail-drum/

07-09-2005, 03:16 PM	#2
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,893 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,288 Times in 426 Posts	The relieved sear bar was devised and implemented in 1916. Late-year production has them, early production has the old style. --Dwight

07-11-2005, 12:27 PM	#4
heinz_r User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I can also not load my Luger in the position "Gesichert". 41 Code 42 model.

07-11-2005, 01:30 PM	#5
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,893 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,288 Times in 426 Posts	Heinz, This is normal for -all Lugers- when the striker is uncocked--that is, in the fired position--and the safety is on. The striker sear cannot move back past the sear bar, because the safety bar will not let the sear bar spring back out of the way. --Dwight