New production of Krieghoff

[G.T.]

Hello to all! I agree with Jerry, The whole system of manufacture and production back then was different. There was a system of apprentice, journeymen, and master back then. The journeyman did the rough work, and the master did the final work. Then, the master signed off on everything... The guns were literally built, fit, and finished, by master craftsmen with 30 to 40 years of experience in their single area of expertise... It can be surmised that it reached an art form at the beginning of the 20th century... all the surviving items and artifacts indicate this, (just look at a mint 1900 comm.)... We still have the people with all the ability, and in modern day manufacture they are masters in there own right... It's just that on Lugers, the last 5% of the quality, is 95% of the work! And, It has to be done by hand, by Masters!!! And that ain't going to be cheap, ever! Krieghoff has no shortage of these people, but will they go the distance and use them in the degree necessary... I sure hope so... Best to all, til....lat'r....GT