What About George Luger?

Vlim · 10-03-2013, 03:55 AM

Well, I think that because of his 'qualities', Luger was succesful in promoting the pistol design. He was a former army man, knew the routines, was not afraid to use bribes, had a very good technical knowledge and was backed by a relatively large company with a good bank.

But the manner in which he secured an extra income by patenting other people's work is very questionable and his willingness to lend himself for shady business deals was a severe blemish on his reputation and that was the reason he was worked out of DWM in the end.

Before Luger worked for DWM / Loewe and Mauser, he had worked as an assistant for Mannlicher. He left Mannlicher to work for his direct competitor at the time. That is also a sign that Luger was not the most loyal person to work with.

Hiram Stevens Maxim and Hugo Borchardt had done most of the technical work already, and even this work was based on work of others, so the luger pistol, although bearing his name, has not much to do with Luger as an inventing genius.

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10-03-2013, 03:55 AM	#17
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Well, I think that because of his 'qualities', Luger was succesful in promoting the pistol design. He was a former army man, knew the routines, was not afraid to use bribes, had a very good technical knowledge and was backed by a relatively large company with a good bank. But the manner in which he secured an extra income by patenting other people's work is very questionable and his willingness to lend himself for shady business deals was a severe blemish on his reputation and that was the reason he was worked out of DWM in the end. Before Luger worked for DWM / Loewe and Mauser, he had worked as an assistant for Mannlicher. He left Mannlicher to work for his direct competitor at the time. That is also a sign that Luger was not the most loyal person to work with. Hiram Stevens Maxim and Hugo Borchardt had done most of the technical work already, and even this work was based on work of others, so the luger pistol, although bearing his name, has not much to do with Luger as an inventing genius.