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Ponyman · 12-13-2005, 05:36 PM

May I re-open this thread?

Isn't the Line 3 production based on P06 tooling purchased by Bern from DWM?

What is Interarms' involvement with (Mitchell)/Aimco/Stoeger/Orimar in Line 4?
I understand Line 4 to be Mauser's production beginning in the 1970's - on bought-back DWM-Swiss tooling - SOME of which was imported to USA by Interarms, and some distributed in Europe by Mauser. Any help from Mauro?

Line 5: Production in USA on new tooling funded by Don Mitchell, continued by Aimco and then Stoeger (both of which, like Mitchell, were distribution agents for Orimar). But I recently saw a Stoeger traded on GunBroker with a 1993 chamber date, same year as my Mitchell!!! It had the same large-font LUGER & scrollwork on the left side of the receiver as my Stoeger - but mine has no chamber date. I've been assuming that the Stoegers were built after the Aimco era (I have the Aimco Centenial 1900-2000 commemorative issue) but the 1993 Stoeger on GB throws that theory out the window!!!

Can anyone give a good chronology of the American production series and its principal actors?

12-13-2005, 05:36 PM	#18
Ponyman User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlantic County, NJ, USA Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	May I re-open this thread? Isn't the Line 3 production based on P06 tooling purchased by Bern from DWM? What is Interarms' involvement with (Mitchell)/Aimco/Stoeger/Orimar in Line 4? I understand Line 4 to be Mauser's production beginning in the 1970's - on bought-back DWM-Swiss tooling - SOME of which was imported to USA by Interarms, and some distributed in Europe by Mauser. Any help from Mauro? Line 5: Production in USA on new tooling funded by Don Mitchell, continued by Aimco and then Stoeger (both of which, like Mitchell, were distribution agents for Orimar). But I recently saw a Stoeger traded on GunBroker with a 1993 chamber date, same year as my Mitchell!!! It had the same large-font LUGER & scrollwork on the left side of the receiver as my Stoeger - but mine has no chamber date. I've been assuming that the Stoegers were built after the Aimco era (I have the Aimco Centenial 1900-2000 commemorative issue) but the 1993 Stoeger on GB throws that theory out the window!!! Can anyone give a good chronology of the American production series and its principal actors? __________________ "The Constitution is intended for use by a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other." ~ John Quincy Adams