Ed, I can't quote you chapter and verse, but according to Reese and the Bannerman (repurchase these from the army) records, all of the lugers in the 6099 to 7098 range were AEs destine for the 1903 US contract. Since there were bound to be a few (up to 10%) rejects in this range, it is probably that DWM sent up to 100 AE out of this range to make up the difference. TH
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