Georg Luger father of the 9mm Luger.

[DadSmith]

Who Is Georg Luger - A Look at the Father of 9mm

A look at the life and accomplishments of Georg Luger - probably the most famous Austrian weapons developer in history.

www.ammunitiontogo.com

Interesting article on the 9mm Luger, and its inventor Georg Luger.

 

[Squid556]

I’m surprised the article didn’t touch on the development of the Luger pistol as it was related to the C93. Story goes (as I remember it anyway) Hugo Borchardt patents and starts production of the C93, some time after that there was a military solicitation to simplify the pistol. Borchardt being full of himself thought that this…………..
….. just couldn’t be simplified further and had no interest in changing it. Luger steps in and creates a simpler relative, the Luger Pistol. That solicitation really put Luger on the map. History obviously favored the Luger for many decades. Some humble pie for Hugo could have caused history to have taken a different path.

 

[JAL]

Luger was sent to demonstrate the Borchardt C93 to the U.S. military. It was rejected (IMHO for good reason), and the criticisms were lost on Borchardt, but not on Luger. Unlike Browning or Maxim, the Parabellum Pistol was a one hit wonder for Georg Luger, albeit an enormous one. After being dismissed from DWM at the end of WWI, he sued for patent royalties in 1919, winning a judgement, but also nearly bankrupting himself, and died in 1923, age 74. His firearm design work came late in life, having been born in 1849.

John

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Very interesting. Thanks DadSmith

 

[MrSmitty]

Very interesting article never knew he developed the gun so late in life.

 

[DadSmith]

Very interesting. Thanks DadSmith

I never knew he was an accountant. Its amazing how people can transform something that you would never expect.
How many accountants have designed firearms and cartridges?

 

[armalitesheepdog]

I never knew he was an accountant. Its amazing how people can transform something that you would never expect.
How many accountants have designed firearms and cartridges?

Probably 1