Interesting possible test-1900?

alvin · 04-25-2008, 02:05 AM

Why didn't Uncle Sam dump all 1,000 guns to Bannerman for sale to recover more tax payer's $$ ..... one theory saying "The 230 pistols whose serial numbers are not shown [in Bannerman] were probably rendered useless in various tests. It is quite possible however that a small number of these unrecorded specimens came into private hands."

http://www.nps.gov/spar/historycultu...r%20ranges.doc

If this is correct, the chance of a gun falling out of Bannerman and being a TE is not high.... unless it's broken. Or, it's not broken and it's in good shape, then its originality becomes a big question mark, because it's supposed to be "useless".

04-25-2008, 02:05 AM	#10
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Why didn't Uncle Sam dump all 1,000 guns to Bannerman for sale to recover more tax payer's $$ ..... one theory saying "The 230 pistols whose serial numbers are not shown [in Bannerman] were probably rendered useless in various tests. It is quite possible however that a small number of these unrecorded specimens came into private hands." http://www.nps.gov/spar/historycultu...r%20ranges.doc If this is correct, the chance of a gun falling out of Bannerman and being a TE is not high.... unless it's broken. Or, it's not broken and it's in good shape, then its originality becomes a big question mark, because it's supposed to be "useless".