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wterrell · 03-03-2003, 11:27 PM

Dwight,
This is not the most impeccable reference that can be had, but I believe that it is the one that glommed onto my mind:

The Luger Book, by Walter, 1991 edition, p.48
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"At the end of March 1927, the Waffenamt had informed the Inspekteur der Infanterie, Waffenprufwesen, that 'about 1,180 operations were required in the manufacture of the Pistole 08, 156 of which were required on the grip alone'.............Datig records that 778 operations were required (642 machine, 136 hand), each gun taking 12 hours to make, but his criteria probably differed from those of the Waffenamt. Both claims agree that the P.08 was inordinately complicated."
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03-03-2003, 11:27 PM	#39
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Dwight, This is not the most impeccable reference that can be had, but I believe that it is the one that glommed onto my mind: The Luger Book, by Walter, 1991 edition, p.48 quote-- "At the end of March 1927, the Waffenamt had informed the Inspekteur der Infanterie, Waffenprufwesen, that 'about 1,180 operations were required in the manufacture of the Pistole 08, 156 of which were required on the grip alone'.............Datig records that 778 operations were required (642 machine, 136 hand), each gun taking 12 hours to make, but his criteria probably differed from those of the Waffenamt. Both claims agree that the P.08 was inordinately complicated." -- end quote __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------