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Unread 03-11-2021, 04:20 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by STEINBVG View Post
Very nice.
Is it true that Swiss lugers[manufactured by them] even the 'simplified' models are better quality guns than German ones?
I don't think the generalization is entirely unfair, but early DWM Commercials are extremely high quality fit and finish. The action of my M1900 Commercial shooter closes like the door on a Rolls-Royce. Simson and Kreighoff used the Erfurt tooling used to make WWI guns, also producing very fine weapons from equipment, jigs, etc. formerly used to pump out military guns ASAP. A better generalization might not be from country to country, but wartime to peace.

In order to make such exquisite firearms, a requirement might have been the ability to back up to a wall and pull out a brick.
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