Spandau Lugers

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John, Randall Gibson makes a very good case for Krieghoff having made most of their own pistols from scratch. His book, The Krieghoff Parabellum is a case study in why this must be true. He believes the old Simson machinery went to Krieghoff. Also Krieghoff made some alloy frames as pre production prototypes. They were a full fledged manufacturer of the luger pistol and were not made up from parts. Krieghoff actually took on the Luger pistol project to make Hermann Goering satisfied in the hopes of aquiring the more lucrative aircraft machine gun contracts they knew to be forthcoming. If you ever come accross Randall Gibsons book for a reasonable price you will find it a wealth of information. The Russians took the Krieghoff factory in Suhl and actually blew it to pieces so no records nor machinery are left for study. Jerry Burney