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Jim Keenan · 05-16-2003, 03:40 PM

When (then) Interarmco was considering asking Mauser resume production of the Luger, the "paper demand" was fantastic. Everyone wanted a new Luger. First production was of the Swiss type. The "paper demand" said that was no good, that the P.08 was what should be made. So the tooling was changed at considerable expense. Then the "paper demand" said the new guns were not "historical", and not even worth considering. The (pardon me if I hit too close to home) "Luger snobs" would not even consider touching a gun that had not been owned by at least a Field Marschal and preferably Hitler himself or at least Georg Luger. So they ran the guns down and told everyone not to buy them as they were worthless junk.

End of a good idea. I doubt things have changed enough to make new Luger production viable.

Jim

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05-16-2003, 03:40 PM	#11
Jim Keenan User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 184 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	When (then) Interarmco was considering asking Mauser resume production of the Luger, the "paper demand" was fantastic. Everyone wanted a new Luger. First production was of the Swiss type. The "paper demand" said that was no good, that the P.08 was what should be made. So the tooling was changed at considerable expense. Then the "paper demand" said the new guns were not "historical", and not even worth considering. The (pardon me if I hit too close to home) "Luger snobs" would not even consider touching a gun that had not been owned by at least a Field Marschal and preferably Hitler himself or at least Georg Luger. So they ran the guns down and told everyone not to buy them as they were worthless junk. End of a good idea. I doubt things have changed enough to make new Luger production viable. Jim