1900 "Old Model" production start?

Dwight Gruber · 09-05-2004, 01:52 AM

I've been going throughthe literature, and although there is quite a bit of delivery date information for various contracts and tests, I have found no information on actual production dates.

So, is there any generally agreed-upon date for the actual beginning of model 1900 commercial (that is, not military contract or test) production?

An associated question, what was the industrial work week like in Germany at the beginning of the 20th Century? Was Luger production likely to have been a 7-day-a-week operation or less, 24-hour operation or were there less than a full-day's worthof shifts?

--Dwight

09-05-2004, 01:52 AM	#1
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	1900 "Old Model" production start? I've been going throughthe literature, and although there is quite a bit of delivery date information for various contracts and tests, I have found no information on actual production dates. So, is there any generally agreed-upon date for the actual beginning of model 1900 commercial (that is, not military contract or test) production? An associated question, what was the industrial work week like in Germany at the beginning of the 20th Century? Was Luger production likely to have been a 7-day-a-week operation or less, 24-hour operation or were there less than a full-day's worthof shifts? --Dwight