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John Sabato · 03-27-2002, 11:40 AM

as I recall, I believe that the reason the thread was British Whitworth is because the finest machinery available at the time was ONLY available in English measurements and that the original Luger manufacturing equipment was in fact English or even American made. It wasn't just for the screw threads. I envision that all the metric dimensions were hand converted from the metric system in the manufacturing process. Perhaps one of the members with a good reference library can verify this...

regards,

John Sabato

03-27-2002, 11:40 AM	#14
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Viggo, I no longer have any of the big Luger reference books, but as I recall, I believe that the reason the thread was British Whitworth is because the finest machinery available at the time was ONLY available in English measurements and that the original Luger manufacturing equipment was in fact English or even American made. It wasn't just for the screw threads. I envision that all the metric dimensions were hand converted from the metric system in the manufacturing process. Perhaps one of the members with a good reference library can verify this... regards, John Sabato