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SIGSHR · October 12, 2017, 01:45 PM

Handling my Mauser M1914-a late one, made in 1934 I think, and my late production CZ-27, I note that both have somewhat poor ergonomics and a clunky feel to them, are somewhat tricky to disassemble and reassemble and lack features we prefer-slide stops, e.g.-yet both had long production runs and were made in large numbers. I suppose the Tokarev pistols fall into that category, though in their case market forces were not a factor. Anyone have other candidates ?

October 12, 2017, 01:45 PM	#1
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	Designs that succeeded in spite of themselves. Handling my Mauser M1914-a late one, made in 1934 I think, and my late production CZ-27, I note that both have somewhat poor ergonomics and a clunky feel to them, are somewhat tricky to disassemble and reassemble and lack features we prefer-slide stops, e.g.-yet both had long production runs and were made in large numbers. I suppose the Tokarev pistols fall into that category, though in their case market forces were not a factor. Anyone have other candidates ?