Test Eagle chaos

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally Posted by mrerick

Is there documentation of the records sources that have been researched to this point?

A search found this site, which has a couple of relevant documents posted.

https://www.testluger.com/

One is a West Point inventory that lists 10 of the Test Lugers.

That is Clark Rickman's website. He has graciously granted me complete access to his research archive retrieval, on which my essay is based.

The cited document is not actually a West Point inventory. It is a report of the numbers (amount, not serial numbers) of pistols sent to West Point, the Presidio, Fort Hamilton, and Fort Riley. The hand-written notation on the official communique lists eight pistols by serial number, but does not identify their specific destination.

Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

Ordinance Dept. document 23377 Enc. 41, Dec. 11, 1901, lists eight pistols by serial number sent to certain military posts for test: sns 6339, 6340, 6341, 6342, 6343, 6344, 6345, and 6346.

--Dwight