Maintenance of the pistols was performed at Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal with records provided by Scott Meadows of the number repaired each year, so apparently the US did not look to DWM or Hans Tauscher for maintenance of the pistols. It would be correct to assume that the contract also included spare parts for maintenance of the weapons.
780 of the test pistols were sold at public auction with Bannerman being the high bidder. This in no way indicated that only 780 of the original 1000 were all that still existed. Records indicate that the remaining pistols were repaired if necessary and were either retained for reference or sold to officers or other influential people. None of the Model 1902 Test Pistols were sold at auction, which again indicates they were not selling all the test pistols pistols on hand.
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