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Johnny Peppers · 10-28-2002, 12:09 PM

The documentation exists that the pistols were issued in two different lots of 900 and 100 pistols, but this in now way suggests that the pistols were from seperate shipments. The actual dates the pistols were received is only three days apart which would lead one to believe that they probably came from DWM as one large shipment, but there are any number of reasons that the latter shipment of 200 pistols could have been delayed by only three days.
Pistols from as early as 6008 do not have the GERMANY import stamp, and pistols as late as 7976 also do not have the stamp. I have no recorded serial numbers between 6008 and 7976 which does have the GERMANY stamp or any proofs. Also pistols in the early 8000 serial number range start to show up with the takedown lever numbered on the round and continue for a few hundred pistols.
I believe Ron Wood has a list of Model 1900 serial numbers and might shed new light on the discussion.

10-28-2002, 12:09 PM	#7
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The documentation exists that the pistols were issued in two different lots of 900 and 100 pistols, but this in now way suggests that the pistols were from seperate shipments. The actual dates the pistols were received is only three days apart which would lead one to believe that they probably came from DWM as one large shipment, but there are any number of reasons that the latter shipment of 200 pistols could have been delayed by only three days. Pistols from as early as 6008 do not have the GERMANY import stamp, and pistols as late as 7976 also do not have the stamp. I have no recorded serial numbers between 6008 and 7976 which does have the GERMANY stamp or any proofs. Also pistols in the early 8000 serial number range start to show up with the takedown lever numbered on the round and continue for a few hundred pistols. I believe Ron Wood has a list of Model 1900 serial numbers and might shed new light on the discussion.