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Originally Posted by Mark1
Fascinating information, thanks for posting Doubs. I find the period of firearms development from about 1880 till 1914 very interesting.
I always thought that both Borchardt and Browning were inspired by the Maxim gun.
Hiram Maxim's patents 1883, prototype trials 1884 and full scale production by Vickers in 1886.
Mark
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Mark,
Agreed!
The toggle lock system, used in most machine guns of WWI, is, indeed, of Maxim design! Browning's machine gun designs came a little later on and do not use the toggle lock system.
If memory serves, Maxim was presented with both a C93 Borchardt and Early Model Luger as a gift in recognition of his toggle system design (as now utilized in handgun format).
Sieger