How much would it cost to make a Luger today?

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Originally Posted by mrerick

In 1935, the Luger was priced (to the Army) at 70 marks. It dropped to 50 marks by 1942.

It took 778 operations, 642 on machine, 136 by hand and 664 minutes of production time to produce a Luger according to August Weiss.

At an exchange rate of 4.2 marks to the dollar in 1942, the price would have been about $210 in 1942 sold in quantity to the Army. That could be the equivalent to distributor wholesale.

At 4.2 Reichsmark per US Dollar in 1942, 70 Reichsmark would be $16.67 and 50 Reichsmark would be $11.90.

Those numbers seem low.

Regards