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Unread 11-01-2020, 11:55 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by rpbcps View Post
Would I be right to say that the introduction of the Lange Pistole Model 1908, (LP08), which was approved for issue fitted with stock lugs, coincided with the introduction of stock lugs on all army luger frames? Makes sense it would have simplified production with the war looming, so standardisation all the army luger frames with all of them being fitted with stock lugs, would have done that.
Development of the LP-08 began in 1912. By 1913, after adoption of the LP-08, DWM was making four different frame forgings which complicated manufacture. Even though the stock lug required additional machining steps, the order on 4 August, 1913, to provide the stock lug on all future Army Lugers eliminated a big headache for DWM and made manufacture of a single frame for both LP-08 and short barrel Lugers for the Army possible.

While it wasn't exactly simultaneous with the LP-08, the adoption of the stock lug on all Army Lugers was likely influenced heavily by it and the simplification of manufacture made the decision easy.
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