Luger factory tooling lineage

jeb111 · 12-08-2023, 09:15 AM

I know this has been brought up before but I can’t seem to find any of the past posts. I’m trying to confirm what factories obtained tooling to build Lugers and from what factory they came from. I know Erfurt-Simson-Kreighoff-then to an East German manufacturer. DWM to Mauser and the Vickers tooling was parted out to various manufacturers in Poland. What became of the W+F Bern tooling? This is a pretty simple list and I bet I left out a few things so any clarification would be appreciated.
Thanks again
Jim

Vlim · 12-12-2023, 03:40 PM

The Bern tooling was returned to Switzerland a few years ago.
It is now at a Swiss military museum.

Mauser bought it in the late 1960s, dumped it as scrap metal around 2000. It was saved by a former Mauser engineer and rediscovered and subsequently sold to a Belgian collector, then finally sold back to Switzerland.

Some jigs and gauges of the incomplete second set were sold to other collectors.

spangy · 12-14-2023, 07:11 PM

I can't imagine 'dumping' it as scrape but thank god for enlightened Mauser engineer's

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12-14-2023, 07:11 PM	#3
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Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,032 Thanks: 1,018 Thanked 3,873 Times in 1,184 Posts	The Bern tooling was returned to Switzerland a few years ago. It is now at a Swiss military museum. Mauser bought it in the late 1960s, dumped it as scrap metal around 2000. It was saved by a former Mauser engineer and rediscovered and subsequently sold to a Belgian collector, then finally sold back to Switzerland. Some jigs and gauges of the incomplete second set were sold to other collectors.