Stoeger Luger Dimensions

Ponyman · 03-10-2005, 03:48 PM

Thanks for the reply, Tom, but I don't think you understood the intent of my question. Perhaps my question was not stated with sufficient clarity.....

I read somewhere on this site that Don Mitchell set up the tooling required to build stainless Lugers dimensionally identical to one of the American Eagles produced in the 1920's. I've seen the pics - they were really pretty.

Did AIMCO and then Stoeger successively acquire the tooling? What is Orimar's relationship with Mitchell, AIMCO and Stoeger? When were the changes made that resulted in the visually unappealing Stoeger?

I have three lovely shooters: two Mauser-Interarms 4" 9mm (one 29/70, one 06/73) and a DWM 1920 Commercial in 7.65. I want a stainless LUGER (not an ugly step-sister) and I need to know which production runs were faithful and which were not.

03-10-2005, 03:48 PM	#3
Ponyman User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlantic County, NJ, USA Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks for the reply, Tom, but I don't think you understood the intent of my question. Perhaps my question was not stated with sufficient clarity..... I read somewhere on this site that Don Mitchell set up the tooling required to build stainless Lugers dimensionally identical to one of the American Eagles produced in the 1920's. I've seen the pics - they were really pretty. Did AIMCO and then Stoeger successively acquire the tooling? What is Orimar's relationship with Mitchell, AIMCO and Stoeger? When were the changes made that resulted in the visually unappealing Stoeger? I have three lovely shooters: two Mauser-Interarms 4" 9mm (one 29/70, one 06/73) and a DWM 1920 Commercial in 7.65. I want a stainless LUGER (not an ugly step-sister) and I need to know which production runs were faithful and which were not. __________________ "The Constitution is intended for use by a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other." ~ John Quincy Adams