Many years ago at my first Great Westernn Gun Show (LA), a collector showed me the same 1900 American Eagle Luger marked with the large flaming bomb or another so marked. At that time, the large flaming bomb stamp was regarded as a fake by collectors at the show.
Since then I have had the opportunity to examine a number of 1900 American Eagle test Lugers (in the Bannerman range) and have not again observed this stamp. Apparently this Luger or another like it has resurfaced. The assessment by collectors at the Great Western Gun Show many years ago is still valid.
"ALL test lugers had "J.T.T." (and the "Flaming Bomb"?) stamped on them." Knowledgeable Luger collectors will recognize this as a patently false statement. Surprising that such a respected magazine like the American Rifleman would allow such misleading collector information be published.
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