tom h

Greg & Ted, Interestingly enough there were only even 3 sets of Luger manufacturing tooling ever made (not counting the present AIMCO stainless reproduction): the original DWM machinery went to Mauser in 1930 and then perhaps used briefly by the French during the occupation before being destroyed. The 1910 Erfurt machinery next went to Simson at the end of WW1 and then to Kreighoff in about 1933. Probably stayed in Suhl at the Ernst Thaulmann Werk for sometime after WW2 until about 1953 when they reworked the retired lugers and put them into storage. Finally the 1916 Swiss Bern arsenal machinery which they had highly modified in 1929 was purchased my Mauser in 1970 and was used to make the Post WW2 Parabellums until about 1979.