![]() The principal change being the substitution of a coilmainspring for the flat mainspring used in the early 1900's.The majority of German Luger pistols were produced by DWM.However, Lugers were also produced in large numbers under license by the RoyalGerman Arsenal at Erfurt between 18. Mauser sold commercial Lugers inthe 1970's and finally ceased manufacture in 1997.Incredibly, the Luger's design changed very little duringits long production life. Mauser producedmost of the WW II era and post WW II Lugers. Mauser made Lugers bear the Mauser logo on top of their firsttoggle link, where the DWM logo had previously been stamped. During 1930-1931, all Luger productionmachinery (and many technicians) were moved from the DWM factory in Berlin tothe Mauser factory in Oberndorf, Germany, where Lugers were produced until 1942,when the Luger was finally replaced as the standard German service pistol bythe Walther P-38. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many police forces around the world adopted the Luger.In 1922, DWM was absorbed by the holding company B.K.I.W.and in 1930 DWM was acquired by Mauser. ![]()
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