What Makes A US Test Eagle...?

[Ron Wood]

Pete,
I have a few notes on condition, but mostly on pieces I have observed myself. While some individuals have stated the condition of their Test Luger examples, I find that "condition" is so subjective that I am reluctant to publish any reported condition, including my own. For example, I had one gentleman say that he had a "mint" Luger (not a test piece). When I finally got to see it, it would barely qualify as 90%. When I mentioned that to him, he indignantly replied that it "certainly was mint considering how old it was".

I would be glad to respond to anyone planning to purchase a US Test piece, and have done so on several occasions. I included all serial numbers that I had recorded to that time in the list I posted in the Member Gallery. Since I posted that list, I have added serial number 6795. The breakout of serial numbers is now 7 "below range", 238 within the range of 6100 to 7100, and 31 "above range" examples.