[Mauser720]

In his book "1900 Luger - U.S. Test Trials" Michael Reese III lists the following distribution of the 1,000 Lugers: U.S. Military Academy at West Point - 10; The Presidio at San Francisco - 15; Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn - 10; Fort Riley, Kansas - 40; and 5 to each commanding officer of the 185 troops of cavalry.

With the possible exception of the 10 pistols at West Point, what is the basis for speculating that some pistols may have not have received "harsh treatment" in course of being tested? The remaining 950 pistols did go to traditional military units and activities.

And Reese also lists the serial numbers of the then (1976) known examples. The total was then only 89.

This serial number, 6395, is not one of the examples he has listed. So does this mean that this example has surfaced since 1976?

Even if some of the information in Reese's book is "dated" it still needs to be taken into consideration.

Mike B, why not go ahead and post your draft on the concerns ou have identified? In my opinion, you would be doing the Luger Collecting Community a significant favor. And we should be thanking you in advance for your time and effort.

Mauser720 - Ron