You wrote:
“Moravians are not now—nor were they originally, pacifists.”
They were pacifists in the 18th and 19th centuries, however - that is if you believe the Moravians themselves:
“Despite the fact that the 18th century Moravians were pacifists, gunsmithing was a necessary trade.”
http://www.moravianhistoricalsociety.org/education/nazWalkTour-3.php
“Despite the fact that the 18th century Moravians were pacifists, gunsmithing was a necessary trade.”
Guns were a necessary tool in the 1700’s - bears, wolves, cougars were common, so were game animals and making guns back then was not looked upon the same way too many people today do.
One of the earliest extant Pennsylvania Long Rifles, the Edward Marshall Rifle - currently in the Buck’s County PA Museum, was made at Christian Springs, PA - probably by Moravians. But that still doesn’t mean they were not pacifists themselves.