G. Luger Patent #639,414

sheepherder · 01-01-2012, 09:31 PM

SAFETY DEVICE FOR FIREARMS, Patented Dec. 19, 1899

I found the reference to this in Ian Hogg's "German Handguns" and looked up the patent on a whim...

I was surprised to find that the illustration showed the roller-toggle link of the Borchardt mated with the flat mainspring of the early Lugers...

Was this model ever produced???

Ron Wood · 01-02-2012, 12:30 AM

As far as is known, no example of that mechanism was ever produced. It is thought that this patent was actually generated to protect a forthcoming design feature but never implemented in the form shown.

01-01-2012, 09:31 PM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,182 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	G. Luger Patent #639,414 SAFETY DEVICE FOR FIREARMS, Patented Dec. 19, 1899 I found the reference to this in Ian Hogg's *"German Handguns"* and looked up the patent on a whim... I was surprised to find that the illustration showed the roller-toggle link of the Borchardt mated with the flat mainspring of the early Lugers... Was this model ever produced??? Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

01-02-2012, 12:30 AM	#2
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,178 Times in 1,703 Posts	As far as is known, no example of that mechanism was ever produced. It is thought that this patent was actually generated to protect a forthcoming design feature but never implemented in the form shown. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction