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Originally Posted by Mark1

Fascinating information, thanks for posting Doubs. I find the period of firearms development from about 1880 till 1914 very interesting.
I always thought that both Borchardt and Browning were inspired by the Maxim gun.
Hiram Maxim's patents 1883, prototype trials 1884 and full scale production by Vickers in 1886.
Mark

Mark,

Agreed!

The toggle lock system, used in most machine guns of WWI, is, indeed, of Maxim design! Browning's machine gun designs came a little later on and do not use the toggle lock system.

If memory serves, Maxim was presented with both a C93 Borchardt and Early Model Luger as a gift in recognition of his toggle system design (as now utilized in handgun format).


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