Desire opinions of P08 trigger configuration

Vlim · 05-19-2009, 12:31 PM

Joe,

I think it is more of a leftover from the original Borchardt design. Early patent drawings show a trigger version that has even more material present at the front of the trigger, almost a mirror image of the other side. It is interesting that it took until 1929 for someone to figure out that this feature was quite useless and could be deleted, lowering both the weight and production costs (a bit).

In my opinion al these little weird features of the Parabellum show that Georg Luger was not so much a brilliant inventor, but more a very good project manager, who knew how to 'read' military acceptance committies and play them very well. His talents were mostly of a manipulative nature, not a technical one

05-19-2009, 12:31 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Joe, I think it is more of a leftover from the original Borchardt design. Early patent drawings show a trigger version that has even more material present at the front of the trigger, almost a mirror image of the other side. It is interesting that it took until 1929 for someone to figure out that this feature was quite useless and could be deleted, lowering both the weight and production costs (a bit). In my opinion al these little weird features of the Parabellum show that Georg Luger was not so much a brilliant inventor, but more a very good project manager, who knew how to 'read' military acceptance committies and play them very well. His talents were mostly of a manipulative nature, not a technical one