Remington Rand 1911 A1

[pwl44m]

Met a Friend in town today ( sound familiar). He mentioned He had some Guns for sale. This is one that I had looked at before but He wasn't ready to part with it. Well I brought it Home today along with a Smith Corona 1903 A3 and some old Damascas barreled 12 Ga Shotgun with exposed Hammers , a bunch of ammo , a few M1 Carbine Mags-5 standard and 1 20 rnd I think, and about 25 cans of various powders which I will just try to sell at the next Gun Show and a super duper Case Gauge to check for runout- length and other functions.
Back to the 45,I was kinda on the hunt for another one and viola there it was. I have 2 older Colts, this one I think was made in 1944 (still older than Me) Anyhow this Gun is tight ,the barrel is shiney and appears to have very little wear.Parkerized frame and slide, other external parts are blue (is this correct ?) if it aint, can't get hurt for what I gave for everything.
So from the Pics do U see anything wrong with this Gun ?

[gamekeeper]

I know little about the 1911 A1 of any make but to me it looks bloody good!

[M. M. Wright]

Looks like a stock GI to me although it is possibly an arsenal rebuild. Would explain the mixed finishes.

The FJA stamp above the trigger is Col. Frank J. Atwood who inspected at both Ithica and Remington Rand near the end of WWII.

These old military 1911A1s are desirable property, sought by military collectors now and some are quite valuable. I would look on Cabela's gun room offerings to see what they are offering similar for and knock off a couple hundred bucks.

[damienph]

Back to the 45,I was kinda on the hunt for another one and viola there it was. I have 2 older Colts, this one I think was made in 1944 (still older than Me) Anyhow this Gun is tight ,the barrel is shiney and appears to have very little wear.Parkerized frame and slide, other external parts are blue (is this correct ?) if it aint, can't get hurt for what I gave for everything.

So from the Pics do U see anything wrong with this Gun ?

The only thing that I can see that might be wrong from the pics is that it isn't mine!

That is a really nice one. As for the Carbine mags, if they are originals, the straight ones are 15 rounders and the curved ones are 30 rounds, for the select fire M2.

Nice buy on the Remington Rand.

[kimwcook]

Nice snag. I'm not up on military 1911A1's.

[olyinaz]

Looks exactly like the one I was issued, just in better shape! (I'm not sure any of those parts should be blued however, my issue piece was not like that.)

Hope you got a good deal on it and enjoy it.

Best,
Oly

[piller]

I am jealous. It looks like the one I was issued. I had heard about how inaccurate the GI .45s were, but when I put 40 of 42 rounds into the 10 ring on a 25 meter timed rapid fire, I decided that the rumors were just rumors. The 1911 A1 is a great gun, and yours should have a lot of stories it could tell.

[Slick]

Research the serial number and you’ll be able to pin down when it was made and what is proper for them. I have a 1943 Remington Rand 1911A1 and I thought it had been poorly refinished because the slide has a slight shift in the appearance of the finish. As it turns out, the finish was original and the color-shift was from where the slide had been hardened – at least that’s what I read about it..

Anyways, you did well buying an original instead of one of these “100th anniversary” guns that are being cobbled together with original-style parts that few people want anymore. When you shoot it, the hammer at some point’ll probably bite you and the ejection port will ding the mouth on your reloadable brass. After that, you’ll enjoy it for the collectable that it is and be VERY glad that you didn’t blow money on a “GI-style” gun that’s not collectable or as much fun to shoot as the 1911A1’s with all the modern upgrades.

[markinalpine]

This is copied from: THE SIGHT
Go to the menu on the left side of the page and click on "Production Info"
26) Remington Rand: S/N 916,405 to 955,000 = 1943

27) Remington Rand: S/N 955,001 to 980,000 = 1943

28) Remington Rand: S/N 980,001 to 995,000 = 1943

29) Remington Rand: S/N 995,000 to 1,041,404 = 1943

30) Remington Rand: S/N 1,279,699 to 1,441,430 = 1943

31) Remington Rand: S/N 1,471,431 to 1,609,528 = 1943

32) Remington Rand: S/N 1,743,847 to 1,816,641 = 1944

33) Remington Rand: S/N 1,890,504 to 2,075,103 = 1944

34) Remington Rand: S/N 2,134,404 to 2,244,803 = 1945

35) Remington Rand: S/N 2,380,014 to 2,619,013 = 1945

Nice looking
Mark

[KCSO]

Looks just like mine. Dad bought it from the NRA in 1950 and gave $17.50 for the gun and holster and belt. Mine is on it's 4 th barrel he bought spares when he got the gun. If I remember right they were advertised as arsenal rebuilt at that time but I would have to go dig out the bill of sale.

[Cruise]

The Sight is a great site for all things 1911(http://forums.1911forum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7). I also have a 1943 Remington Rand and it too has the color differential on the end of the slide. It is definitely an "arms room clunker" shoots very accurately (minute of bad guy). Originally an NRA CMP gun in its transition to civilian life. I bought it while at Ft Sill, OK in 1966 for $50! Has not let me down once. No failure to fire nor failure to eject. Eats any ammo I give it but usually hardball. Bruce Gray at Grays Guns(http://grayguns.com/)told me the slide may crack as the era did not have the great metallurgy of today. So far no problems. I continue to use it as a daily shooter. Carry a Lt Wt Ofc tricked out by Dave Lauck at D&L Sports (http://www.dlsports.com/).

This is copied from: THE SIGHT
Go to the menu on the left side of the page and click on "Production Info"
26) Remington Rand: S/N 916,405 to 955,000 = 1943

27) Remington Rand: S/N 955,001 to 980,000 = 1943

28) Remington Rand: S/N 980,001 to 995,000 = 1943

29) Remington Rand: S/N 995,000 to 1,041,404 = 1943

30) Remington Rand: S/N 1,279,699 to 1,441,430 = 1943

31) Remington Rand: S/N 1,471,431 to 1,609,528 = 1943

32) Remington Rand: S/N 1,743,847 to 1,816,641 = 1944

33) Remington Rand: S/N 1,890,504 to 2,075,103 = 1944

34) Remington Rand: S/N 2,134,404 to 2,244,803 = 1945

35) Remington Rand: S/N 2,380,014 to 2,619,013 = 1945

Nice looking
Mark

[jeepnik]

Sounds like a nice find. I have fond memories of one Remington Rand 199A1 in particular. I don't know where it is today, but likely still saving some GI's backside. At least I hope it is.

[jnyork]

Doesn't look like anything wrong with it, but hard to tell from pix, send it on out to me and I'll examine it closely for you for a few years and let you know .