US Test Eagle Or Not...?

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The list of Bannerman purchased US test M1900 lugers was originally published in "US Martial & Collector Arms" by Steve Fuller (MARS POB 26772 San Jose, CA. 95159 in April 1982. It's my understanding that the 6099 to 7098 serial range was all test lugers, but since the manufacturing rejection rate at that time was about 10%, probably 100 additional, out of range M1900AEs were shipped to the US Govt, for a total of 1000, subsequently from the later commerical AE production. The only identifing characterists that one can attribute to this later group is no Germany marking and the TD lever is number on the left side flat. Since this would be an easy part to switch with a correctly numbered DWM military numbered TD lever, I don't think that we can rely on that characteristic. TH