Yeah, it is sort of difficult to keep your hand on straight as to who was crossing swords w/ whom in the Vierordt & Compagnie saga/soap-opera. Luchsgewehrfabrik was the name of the weapons factory in Suhl, although the subject drilling was completed & passed thru the Zella-Mehlis Proof Facility. Christoph Sturm, who hung out his Gunmaking Shingle in 1849, was said to have been doing the heavy lifting for Vierordt & Compagnie and interesting enough in 1913 that both were @ the same address @ Judithstraße 3(Judithstraße 5 since 1910). Proprietors @ the time were Heinrich & Maria/Marie till 1916 when all the Patriarchs passed, partnership of Paul and Heinrich was dissolved & widow Maria continued the business with Businessman Paul Sturm. It moved to Bad Kissingen and the name was struck from the Suhl Register. It is stated that Christoph Sturm, and I assume the concern, developed the subject dreiling and what I call the >>Vierordt Drilling<< but possibly it should be referred to as the Luchs-Drilling, per Christoph Sturm who developed it and looks to have manufactured it or sourced gestecks, parts kits, and had the platforms cobbled together as Best he could.
Anyway, @ time the managing director of the Vierordt & Compagnie Concern was Friedrich Stendebach and sometime 1909 there was the concern Vierordt, Stendebach & Cie.
So we have Gustav Kersten, Friedrich Stendebach, Christoph Sturm and the Vierordt & Company..... I will dig a bit more and get all this sorted.
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