Schmeisser 1911 9x19 'Hugo' from Germany?
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Monac
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You should have included "indifferent" among the choices, IMO.
NIGHTLORD40K
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They talk a good game on their website for sure.
Kinda cool, I guess, but I don't know if I would invest in a new product from a small boutique manufacturer half a world away when there are so many good 1911 choices made here with known quality and good customer support.
If you get it, give us a full report, good luck!
Kinda cool, I guess, but I don't know if I would invest in a new product from a small boutique manufacturer half a world away when there are so many good 1911 choices made here with known quality and good customer support.
If you get it, give us a full report, good luck!
Jim Watson
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Never heard of it.
I don't see a price, do you know how much it costs?
I don't see a price, do you know how much it costs?
List $1945 usual asking prices $1850+|-50. Things made in "4th Reich" as Germany is affectinately called are a little more expensive to buy.
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Never heard of this particular company before, excluding of course the name of Schmeisser. Their website seems a little bit dodgy and kind of like a work in progress. Would like to know more about the company and see actual photos/videos and read some detailed reviews of their guns before I would even remotely consider them.
As NIGHTLORD40K wrote:
Never heard of this particular company before, excluding of course the name of Schmeisser. Their website seems a little bit dodgy and kind of like a work in progress. Would like to know more about the company and see actual photos/videos and read some detailed reviews of their guns before I would even remotely consider them.
As NIGHTLORD40K wrote:
I agree it would be stupid of me to pick this over Dan Wesson CZ 1911.
Thank you. I just read the Wikipedia article on Hugo Schmeisser. After WWII he was forced to work for the Soviets and he died in 1953. So it’s unclear what this outfit has to do with him. Like the other posters, I wouldn’t spend my money based on unsubstantiated advertising. Oh, and the tag line “The Final Evolution” is reminiscent of “The Final Solution”. Coincidence?
Jim Watson
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There are a lot of companies that have no real connection with the original of the name.
Springfield Armory, for example.
Occurs to me that Germany has usually been on good terms with Turkey.
I doubt the gun is 100% made in Germany.
Springfield Armory, for example.
Occurs to me that Germany has usually been on good terms with Turkey.
I doubt the gun is 100% made in Germany.
Monac
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I don't mean to be rude, but I think it's perfectly obvious what this outfit's connection with Hugo Schmeisser is: Nothing whatsoever, really. They needed a catchy name, and they found one.
And I would be surprised if this gun is even 10% made in Germany. There are a large number of "German" watches on the market today, all of which are made in China. They all have impeccably German names, though.
rbernie
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Actually, it's just pretty obvious to folk that are willing to read:
https://schmeisser-germany.com/about/
Monac
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It's been 73 years since the end of the war. If Schmeisser or anyone with a direct connection to him was going to get back into the gun business, you would have heard about it by now. OTOH, I guess someone might think Packard or Studebaker was still in the car business in some way, shape, or form, and was now introducing a car with their name on it (even if they made little or no part of it).
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