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Originally Posted by mrerick
Is there documentation of the records sources that have been researched to this point?
A search found this site, which has a couple of relevant documents posted.
https://www.testluger.com/
One is a West Point inventory that lists 10 of the Test Lugers. |
That is Clark Rickman's website. He has graciously granted me complete access to his research archive retrieval, on which my essay is based.
The cited document is not actually a West Point inventory. It is a report of the numbers (amount, not serial numbers) of pistols sent to West Point, the Presidio, Fort Hamilton, and Fort Riley. The hand-written notation on the official communique lists eight pistols by serial number, but does not identify their specific destination.
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Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber
Ordinance Dept. document 23377 Enc. 41, Dec. 11, 1901, lists eight pistols by serial number sent to certain military posts for test: sns 6339, 6340, 6341, 6342, 6343, 6344, 6345, and 6346.
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--Dwight