1906 American Eagle 9mm

Ron Wood · 06-07-2006, 10:34 PM

Don't give it a second thought. 1906s are not safety marked, but the extractor is marked "LOADED". The lack of proofs is also perfectly OK. I assume the front of the frame is marked "GERMANY" under the serial number. If it is, it is a textbook 1906 9mm American Eagle...except for that circle B inspector's mark. Only the folks at DWM know how that came about and they are all dead.

(Someone is going to take me to task on the "1906s are not safety marked" since some of the very early ones in the 25-26000 range were GESICHERT marked, but they are scarce and out of the norm)

06-07-2006, 10:34 PM	#9
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	Don't give it a second thought. 1906s are not safety marked, but the extractor is marked "LOADED". The lack of proofs is also perfectly OK. I assume the front of the frame is marked "GERMANY" under the serial number. If it is, it is a textbook 1906 9mm American Eagle...except for that circle B inspector's mark. Only the folks at DWM know how that came about and they are all dead. (Someone is going to take me to task on the "1906s are not safety marked" since some of the very early ones in the 25-26000 range were GESICHERT marked, but they are scarce and out of the norm) __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction