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Originally Posted by Mark1
guns3545,
Thanks for your explanation, very interesting.
It prompted me to measure my 06 Waffenfabrik Bern which dates to 1930 according to Walters Luger Book. Length of the frame is 131mm , so clearly the Swiss were aware of the problem. My question is, when did the Swiss lengthen the frame , in 1918 when they began manufacturing or later ?
My apologies if this should be in a separate thread, I'm not certain how to do that.
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Swiss pistols have the old model "long" receiver, which is 2-2.5 mm longer than the later short receiver; the added length is at the front not the rear, so it does not address the toggle axle "problem".