Mauser Parabellum Gauges.
When
Mauser
decided
to
reintroduce
the
Mauser
Parabellum,
it
was
decided
to
take
a
shortcut
and
base
the
new
production
on
the
drawings
and
tooling of the Swiss Waffenfabrik of Bern.
The
Swiss
Waffenfabrik
Bern
had
been
manufacturing
their
own
Parabellum
pistols
in
the
past
when
DWM,
as
a
result
of
the
First
World
War
and
the
limitations
set
by
the
Allied
Control
Commission,
could
no
longer
provide
the
Swiss
army
with
Parabellum
pistols.
Switzerland
decided
to
set
up
its
own
production
line
and
they
produced
several
variations
of
the
Parabellum,
including
the
most
cost-effective
version,
the
06/29
(1906
model
of
1929)
until
1949
when
the
Swiss
Parabellum
production
came
to
an
end
after
the
acceptance
of
a
new
Swiss
army
pistol
chambered
for
the
9x19
Parabellum round, the model 1949, better known as the SIG P210.
Mauser
representatives
visited
the
Swiss
Eidgn.
Waffenfabrik
in
Bern
and
negotiations
began.
On
the
24th
of
October
1967,
Mr.
Adam
and
Mr.
Kerlie
reported
to
the
management
that
the
Swiss
had
a
full
set
of
control
gauges
available,
the
master
set
for
which
was
kept
at
the
factory
and
had
not
been used for actual testing. The other set was some 80–90% complete but had been used.
Mauser
eventually
bought
the
following
equipment
from
Waffenfabrik
Bern
and
paid
a
little
over
259,000-
DM
(240,000
Swiss
Francs,
some
$60.000)
for it. For that amount, Mauser received:
1. One copy of the entire 1929 production package: blueprints, parts drawings, work sheets, tolerance calculations and so on
2. Two examples of each inspection gauge necessary for inspecting every dimension of every part in the gun
3. About 30% of the necessary jigs
4. All the blueprints and calculations Bern made in 1960 when considering a redesign of the M1929
5. Three complete pistols, one German ’06 model, one 06-24 Swiss model and one M1929
In
the
end,
Mauser
used
part
of
the
Swiss
gauges
but
it
was
also
necessary
to
produce
internally
some
additional
gauges.
Below
some
pictures
of
the
gauges used by Mauser, some of them are from the Swiss Waffenfabrik of Bern some others built new by Mauser.
Artillery Luger pistol and Mauser Parabellum
Artillery Luger
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