He met Austrian firearms engineer Ferdinand von Mannlicher during this time, and the two worked together on developing rifle magazines.īy 1891 Luger had found employment with Ludwig Loewe & Company, Berlin, Germany, eventually working his way into a design consultant.
Automatic firearms were in its infancy, but the idea fascinated Luger, and he took an active role in developing automatic loading firearms. After his military stint Luger floated around a bit surviving on jobs like an accountant at a jockey club. It was here that he showed his superior marksmanship skills which garnered him an assignment to Austro-Hungarian Military Firearms School at Camp Bruckneudorf. In 1867 he enlisted into the Austria-Hungary 78th Infantry Regiment as a reserve officer cadet. He later studied business at studied at the Wiener Handelsakademie (Vienna Commercial Academy). Born into a rather privileged family on March 6, 1849, his father was a renowned surgeon, so Georg was schooled in Italy.
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