John & Georg's Ears; an 8 Years Legal Issue

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Originally Posted by Vlim

Borchardt and Browning were a class apart. Luger was a bottom feeder who abused his position to fill his pockets by patenting other people's ideas.

That's pretty accurate I believe. Borchardt invented his pistol and it was revolutionary. He seems to have been somewhat stubborn though and rejected DWMs request to modify his pistol to make it a viable candidate for military use. Georg Luger did the work that gave us the Parabellum pistol but otherwise it seems that he lacked vision or original thought.

Browning was highly regarded as a person, especially in Belgium. His reputation there was one of a humble man with a few quirks who treated everyone with respect without regard for their position in life. His model 1900 pocket pistol literally saved FN. Browning's genius as a firearms inventor is indisputable.