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Originally Posted by DavidJayUden
Maxim or was it Vickers that used the toggle?
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Maxim, Browning, Pederson, Vickers all had toggle lock based firearms. It wasn't a new idea, but wasn't particularly successful in handguns until Luger's refinements to the stubborn Mr. Borchardt's design.
http://weaponsman.com/?p=10478
Apart from making the Luger much more compact, simpler and balanced than the C-93 Borchardt, Georg Luger's body of work occupied as much observation as innovation.
The upcoming publication of Mauser's personal archive documents has an interesting section on Luger and Mauser's relationships.
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