23.07.20 Borchardt to Luger! A 1906 Parabellum from the DWM...
Over the past three days we have examined three variations of Georg Luger’s first production series of pistols known as the ‘Old Model’, or ‘1900’ Parabellum. Now...
Over the past three days we have examined three variations of Georg Luger’s first production series of pistols known as the ‘Old Model’, or ‘1900’ Parabellum. Now...
In yesterday’s post, the first in our series ‘Borchardt to Luger’, we looked at the protagonists behind the amazing history of the genesis of the Luger pistol. We also...
Today we reach the last post in our ‘Borchardt to Luger’ series featuring some amazing pieces from a mere 20-year period starting in 1893, including a Siamese C93, a U.S. military...
In today’s post we shall be looking at a pistol from the next ‘large’ contract for Parabellum ‘Old Model’ pistols manufactured by DWM following the first Swiss...
The history of the Parabellum pistol, which was designed by Georg Luger, is preceded by that of the ‘Construktion 93’, or C-93 pistol designed by Hugo Borchardt. Both men should be...
We are moving forward by one century to the mid-1800s. Baldrick appears to have fixed our time machine and we can conclude our ‘Firearms with a Malta Connection’ series with our...