He succeeded in interesting the Ludwig Loewe Co.
Unable to interest any American arms manufacturer he took his ideas to Germany where both he and his ideas met a quite different reception. Hugo Borchardt, a naturalized American living in Connecticut, designed an automatic pistol which had some unique features, the most outstanding of which was a toggle-joint locking system and a removable magazine which was inserted into the stock or grip. Parabellum (Luger) pistols The German Parabellum, or Luger as it is more commonly called in this country, is one of the best known and most widely used pistols in military history, having been the official weapon of several countries, and having been produced in tremendous numbers for use in two world wars.
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