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Unread 04-12-2009, 04:30 PM   #7
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The main reason for the model changes of the 06/29 were in fact the cost, W+F simplified the production process and at the same time they improved the design to get a more reliable pistol.
A 06/24 did some 400 Swiss francs and although the cost got lower during production and ended up at some 225 francs later the economical crisis (yup again!) at that time made W+F to put it's successor in the marked at some 160 francs and they won the order against DWM (BKI) that offered pistols for 132 francs, at that time national production was preferred over foreign also.
In 1934 W+F charged 233 Swiss francs for a 06/29 so that low price they charged at first did not last long.
Fact is that this 06/29 is the most reliable and precise standard issue Parabellum ever made.

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