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Unread 07-22-2012, 05:56 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Ron Wood View Post
Interesting. Why?
I suspect that this was due to Georg's sensible wish to preserve the bottleneck configuration he inherited from Hugo Borchardt. The record of his original intent is well attested, e.g. in The Luger Story by John Walter.
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