Greetings,
You are getting into a very well discussed area of this forum. There are a couple of members of this forum who are true historians of these pistols. I feel certain Ron or Dwight will comment shortly. But just briefly, out of the 1000 .30 cal American Eagles that were purchsd for testing, only a small amout were returned. There were 775 or such sold at an auction somthing in the early 1900's and all were purchased by a gun dealer named Francis Bannerman. All of the serial numbers he purchased are recorded here on the forum and in several books. The Bannerman Lugers are the only ones consiered legit test Eagles. Fortunately, I own one of the Bannerman guns. There is much more to the story, but I am certain it will be forthcoming.
Mike
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