What Makes A US Test Eagle...?

[Edward Tinker]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">When I first started reading up on the US test Eagles, I assumed the 1,000 pistols was in a consecutive range...</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">This is the " accepted " range, as the only place where you can find serial numbers are of two places that I know of.
1. The four guns by serial number by the lieutenant who was issued them and when he wrote his report mentioned the four serial numbers
2. And the guns turned over to Bannerman for sale.

People seem to get excited when you question these "facts", as obviously only the accepted numbers are the good numbers. And I do believe that you have to start somewhere if you want to have a scientific basis to your fact finding.

Assumptions I have made, are;

1. DWM would have had a master list of guns sent to test sites.
2. There are always lists made of items put onto a ship for transport. There is a very good chance that whatever ship transported the guns had (has) a list of how many and by serial number.
3. Military units have always kept track of weapons by serial number, so there should have been records made of guns received through supply channels and again when those weapons were leaving the supply channels.
4. Springfield Armory should have had records of these transactions on their end.
5. All of the above is a long time ago, and after a set period of time, records would be purged at the local level and destroyed after 7-10 years at the higher levels.

Ed