Want to buy this Luger

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by Michael Zeleny

...which were never meant to chamber anything over 8mm.

Interesting. Why?

[Michael Zeleny]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Interesting. Why?

I suspect that this was due to Georg's sensible wish to preserve the bottleneck configuration he inherited from Hugo Borchardt. The record of his original intent is well attested, e.g. in The Luger Story by John Walter.