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Originally Posted by Zorba
Ok, I'm confused. I thought Whitworth was a British thing. Why would the Germans use it? Obviously, there's some factoid I'm missing...
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At the time, the Brits were ahead of Germany in product standardization. The Whitworth thread was a documented industrial standard and Ludwig Loewe adopted that standard not only for grip screws but for barrel threads as well. Loewe also looked to the USA for standards for mass production as was initiated early on by Eli Whitney. Loewe wanted to produce quality and interchangeability so he wasn't reluctant to stand on the shoulders of those who had already been there, done that.
Ron