1906 Luger System Rifle

[DavidJayUden]

Maxim or was it Vickers that used the toggle?
dju

[mrerick]

Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

Maxim or was it Vickers that used the toggle?
dju

Maxim, Browning, Pederson, Vickers all had toggle lock based firearms. It wasn't a new idea, but wasn't particularly successful in handguns until Luger's refinements to the stubborn Mr. Borchardt's design.

http://weaponsman.com/?p=10478

Apart from making the Luger much more compact, simpler and balanced than the C-93 Borchardt, Georg Luger's body of work occupied as much observation as innovation.

The upcoming publication of Mauser's personal archive documents has an interesting section on Luger and Mauser's relationships.