Quote:
Originally Posted by LU1900
The most beautiful swiss parabellum !!
But why 06/24 , start production was 1918 to 1933  |
The “06/24 Swiss” designation is a myth.
The phrase 06/24 was actually introduced by Fred Datig in his first edition of “The Luger Pistol” in 1955. Datig admitted in later years that it was erroneous information provided to him by a Swiss “expert” that wasn’t.
Walter picked up on this misnomer, using the designation 06/24 in his “Luger” book published in 1977 but clearly indicated that tooling for the Swiss production was completed in 1918 with full production starting in 1919. The only two uses of the designation 06/24 by him in that publication was “Production ceased in favour of the Ordonnanzpistole 06/24 W+F in 1928” (clearly a typographical error that should have read ‘...06/29 W+F in 1928”) and in a caption for a table “Ordonnanzpistolen 06 W+F, ‘06/24’ type, deliveries 1928-1933”. By the time he published “The Luger Book” in 1986 and “The Luger Story” in 1995 he had dropped the 06/24 reference completely and only used the designation “Ordonnanzpistole 1906 W+F”.
Ron