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Unread 04-07-2020, 02:18 AM   #1
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If a P08 has a hole that would accompany a sear-safety rivet, but no rivet or sear safety, did the gun originally have have a sear safety?
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If the top of the sideplate does not have the cutout for the sear safety to function correctly then it was not installed. I know this occurred on some late production 1942 Police Banners.
If the hole was drilled and the sideplate was cutout then I would say it did have a sear safety.

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It depends on the vintage of the pistol and if it is a matching pistol or not.
Many sear safeties were later(post war) removed by owners. JMHO
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The post war East German new P08 was made with the sear safety provisions, but these were never installed. Possibly they copied a police pistol that had the sear safety at one time, didn't bother to check why the holes were there and just copied them.
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I do have new DDR trigger bars (sears) that are drilled for the police sear safety, but no cut out side plates. TH
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Doc, et. al: I ask because I have a mixmaster luger (shooter) whose barrel extension has a hole for a sear-safety rivet. However, the sideplate is not matching to the BE and has no cutout. Would it be feasible to cut out the existing sideplate and fit a rivet and sear safety bar? It would be a sort of pseudo rework.....
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The sear itself also needs a hole.
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Doc, et. al: I ask because I have a mixmaster luger (shooter) whose barrel extension has a hole for a sear-safety rivet. However, the sideplate is not matching to the BE and has no cutout. Would it be feasible to cut out the existing sideplate and fit a rivet and sear safety bar? It would be a sort of pseudo rework.....

Why would you want to do that to a mis-matched shooter.
The sear safety adds nothing to the shooting.

It was/is a "safety" measure for dummies that leave a round in the chamber when disassembling the luger. If your pistol is not matching there is nothing to "restore". JMHO.
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Good point re originality and restoration....
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Good point re originality and restoration....
It’s only original once.
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Gman, Given enough time & money most ideas can be accomplished, but I agree with Bill, that it's probably not a GOOD idea. TH
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Hi Doc:

Are you a full-service Luger repair entity?

BTW.... thanks for the reply on the sear safety issue. I was not aware of the sideplate cutouts.

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Why do some Lugers have dated barrel extensions, while some do not?
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Here is an example of the sideplate cutout.
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Why do some Lugers have dated barrel extensions, while some do not?
You would likely enjoy reading the "frequently asked questions" posted; and gain answers to many questions like this.

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=13121
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