"Out of Range Eagles"

[burton]

I haven't posted here in quite awhile. Have owned one of the Bannerman guns, for almost 30 years. Become very interested recently, in the anomaly of the out of range Eagles, i.e. No German proof marks, No "Germany" marking etc.

I personally believe that there are to many of them known, to be considered as replacements for pistols that failed inspection. My gut feeling is that there is a unknown military or paramilitary/police? "contract(s)" that they were specifically manufactured for. No way would the Germans let 1,800? Lugers go unproved, unless they were distened for specific military/paramilitary contract(s). They are to through and organized for that.

Here's a link to photos of another one that I have recently found on the net. This gentleman has a very extensive collection of various handguns. Including at least (5) shots of AE 6020. if you manipulate the basic URL I'm posting, you will be able to see all of them.



http://www.mbi.ufl.edu/papkelab/curios/Eagle3.JPG