The Luger was officially adopted by the Swiss military inġ901, the Imperial German Navy in 1906 and the German Army in 1908, which resulted in its common DWM became the producer of the Borchardt pistolĪnd, in 1900, its famous successor the Luger pistol. Two years later, the Ludwig Lowe firm acquired the DMKĪmmunition company and from this merger a new entity emerged: Deutsche Waffen It was Luger who, in 1894, exhibited a Borchardt pistol to the U.S. Hugo Borchardt and Georg Luger wereĬo-workers for a time and their families' lives within a few blocks of each It was produced by Ludwig Lowe of Berlin, The 1893 Borchardt pistol was the first commercially The combat proving ground for the Luger Pistol. The Maxim shot its way to bloody fame in World War One, which also became Much improved Borchardt type pistol, which was itself based on the toggleĪction concept used by Sir Hiram Maxim in the world's first practical machine With the Borchardt/Luger transitional pistol). Georg Luger developed his famous pistol in 1898-1899 (starting Widely distributed pistol cartridge in the world today. The 9mm Luger cartridge, developed by Georg Luger, is the most popular and The standard Luger calibers are 7.65mm and 9mm for both civilian and
22 caliber pistol in the world, after the Luger.) (Bill Ruger frankly admitted styling his. One of the strongest, most accurate and most recognizable service pistols ever
The Luger (Pistole Parabellum or P-08) is perhaps the most aestheticallyĪnd ergonomically pleasing of all autoloading centerfire pistols. The DWM Luger that is the subject of this review.