Mauser produced Swiss Lugers

mrerick · 04-25-2016, 12:28 PM

World War I cut off the supply of German made Lugers. They had to start producing their own in 1918. There were no acquisitions from DWM during WW-I with sn 15215 being the last one in 1914.

The redesign of the 06/29 W+F was motivated by cost reduction.

Even in 1933/1934 it's likely that the Swiss understood that their commercial acquisition of guns from German manufacturers would take third position behind German military sales and German internal commercial sales.

Bobba discusses the Mauser Commercial 06/34 model on pages 132-133. Numbering was between 3600v and 3900v; numbering not in rigid order and with a couple of odd serials reported outside that range. Perhaps 1,800 reported made. They had aluminum base magazines.

Marc

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,924 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,136 Times in 1,519 Posts	World War I cut off the supply of German made Lugers. They had to start producing their own in 1918. There were no acquisitions from DWM during WW-I with sn 15215 being the last one in 1914. The redesign of the 06/29 W+F was motivated by cost reduction. Even in 1933/1934 it's likely that the Swiss understood that their commercial acquisition of guns from German manufacturers would take third position behind German military sales and German internal commercial sales. Bobba discusses the Mauser Commercial 06/34 model on pages 132-133. Numbering was between 3600v and 3900v; numbering not in rigid order and with a couple of odd serials reported outside that range. Perhaps 1,800 reported made. They had aluminum base magazines. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.