Mauser American Eagle

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by Vlim

Hi John,

Yes, it was one of several 'not too bright ideas' the Mauser guys had. The tooling and drawings were pretty much useless because of different manufacturing standards. The old jigs could not be used on the modern machinery and drawings and calculations had to be done all over again. This was one of the things that influenced the eventual selling price.

Vlim:

I have heard and read this many times.

Tell me, didn't the Germans know that their standards were different than the Swiss?

Why did the drawings have to be redone? Calculations, I can understand, if newer techniques were used in production.

Probably the least bright idea was not using the original German pattern in the first place, as the Swiss pattern was not generally accepted by the buying public.

Sieger