1973 Interarms ad, brings back memories?

Sieger · 01-01-2008, 01:34 PM

Hi:

"The problem was not that the Swiss tooling was worn, but rather that the Swiss used a different standardization method on their production machinery. The Swiss jigs couldn't be used on German machines, so the Mauser engineers had to remanufacture them to fit their machinery."

Here again, is seems a bit unbelievable that major trading partners like the Germans and Swiss were not familiar with each others standardization methods! Since they are both on the metric system, I find this equally hard to believe. Also, didn't the Germans, supposedly, buy the Swiss production machinery and not just the jigs? My question is simple...why did they buy anything from the Swiss at all?

"Mauser and Interarms did goof up one of the most important aspects:
-The USA buying crowd was used to and loved the P08 design, not the
Swiss 06/29 pattern."

This was a major, unrecoverable f-ck-up!!

"-And again, pricing. When you can buy a perfectly good 35$ P08, why on earth would you pay $200 - $300 for a new gun, which looks nothing like the original one."

Agreed here. A new Parabellum offered nothing to the equation other than the fact that it was "NEW".

"-The grips: They tried to fix the old 'loose grips' problem by introducing small brass pins into them. In order to have enough mass for the pins to stick, they thickened the edges of the grips, introducing a lousy feel to them."

A child could have designed a better solution for the loose grip problem than the one they came up with, as it completely destroys the feeling of the Luger in your hand.

Sieger

01-01-2008, 01:34 PM	#9
Sieger User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,579 Thanks: 2,154 Thanked 402 Times in 251 Posts	Hi: "The problem was not that the Swiss tooling was worn, but rather that the Swiss used a different standardization method on their production machinery. The Swiss jigs couldn't be used on German machines, so the Mauser engineers had to remanufacture them to fit their machinery." Here again, is seems a bit unbelievable that major trading partners like the Germans and Swiss were not familiar with each others standardization methods! Since they are both on the metric system, I find this equally hard to believe. Also, didn't the Germans, supposedly, buy the Swiss production machinery and not just the jigs? My question is simple...why did they buy anything from the Swiss at all? "Mauser and Interarms did goof up one of the most important aspects: -The USA buying crowd was used to and loved the P08 design, not the Swiss 06/29 pattern." This was a major, unrecoverable f-ck-up!! "-And again, pricing. When you can buy a perfectly good 35$ P08, why on earth would you pay $200 - $300 for a new gun, which looks nothing like the original one." Agreed here. A new Parabellum offered nothing to the equation other than the fact that it was "NEW". "-The grips: They tried to fix the old 'loose grips' problem by introducing small brass pins into them. In order to have enough mass for the pins to stick, they thickened the edges of the grips, introducing a lousy feel to them." A child could have designed a better solution for the loose grip problem than the one they came up with, as it completely destroys the feeling of the Luger in your hand. Sieger