Correct. Edgar Strempel & the mechanics in Suhl(& Zella-Mehlis) were some of the top shelf gunmakers period. They were trained by the best of the best so what else could you expect. After the Germans made the Russians mad in WWII, the Russians had Suhl under their thumb and at 1st many sporting weapons were made for Russian officers by Edgar Strempel & Otto Rief, who was an auto racer at Simsom & I think had Strempel or someone else to source his sporting weapons. The Russians could have sourced a sporting weapon from Tula but why reinvent the wheel when they have been making wheels for a very long time in Suhl? There was already a link established between the gunmaking centres of Suhl & Tula.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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