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There was a real reason for being hand-fitted - because they could not replicate the same parts over and over and over again.
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Nonsense! The modern machine tool had already been invented way before 1900.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_tool
If they had not been, the Colt 1911 and P-08 would have been hammered out and draw-filled by gunsmiths as were Kentucky/Pennsylvania rifles. With machine tools, they
could replicate the same parts over and over again...despite who actually was credited with or adapted the concept of mass production to the process of gun making.
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I guess you never heard of Eli Whitney and his introduction of mass production relative to firearms.
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Notice I never said anything about terracotta soldiers or ships.Back to your search engine.