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Ron Wood · 02-22-2002, 06:59 PM

Charlie Kenyon started that misnomer. A Swiss friend that he thought was an authority back in the late '50s early '60s told him that Swiss production of Lugers started in 1924, so that is what he published in his book. Charlie has since found out differently and has recanted that label. The generally accepted nomenclature is now "06 Waffenfabrik Bern", which pretty well nails it down. It isn't known (or at least I haven't seen any documentation) whether production started in 1918 or 1919, so that rules out calling it 06/19 Swiss.

02-22-2002, 06:59 PM	#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: 7,051 Thanks: 1,121 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	Re: The "24" in 06/24 Swiss Bern ? Charlie Kenyon started that misnomer. A Swiss friend that he thought was an authority back in the late '50s early '60s told him that Swiss production of Lugers started in 1924, so that is what he published in his book. Charlie has since found out differently and has recanted that label. The generally accepted nomenclature is now "06 Waffenfabrik Bern", which pretty well nails it down. It isn't known (or at least I haven't seen any documentation) whether production started in 1918 or 1919, so that rules out calling it 06/19 Swiss.