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MFC · 02-18-2022, 12:23 AM

I think it's safe to say that some Test Eagles were cannibalized to repair others. Many are mismatched.
Is it possible that some the 163 unserviceable pistols inventoried at the Springfield Armory, sent for repair, weren't finished for lack of parts? Then those and the cannibalized pistols and any leftover parts sent to Rock Island later that year for further repair, thus counted twice?
Why would they leave partially repaired Lugers and leftover parts at Springfield if they were going to be sold?

02-18-2022, 12:23 AM	#9
MFC User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 183 Thanked 281 Times in 162 Posts	I think it's safe to say that some Test Eagles were cannibalized to repair others. Many are mismatched. Is it possible that some the 163 unserviceable pistols inventoried at the Springfield Armory, sent for repair, weren't finished for lack of parts? Then those and the cannibalized pistols and any leftover parts sent to Rock Island later that year for further repair, thus counted twice? Why would they leave partially repaired Lugers and leftover parts at Springfield if they were going to be sold? __________________ Mike C. Last edited by MFC; 02-18-2022 at 01:14 AM.