I'm glad this thread finally took off!
Here's one more of mine. A 1943 Remington Rand, rearsenaled at Rock Island. I know there are undoubtedly more out there, but this is one of the few I've seen with Frank Krack's stamp on it, along with the flaming bomb stamp indicating the rework.
I fell in love with this old gun the second I saw it in the case at an LGS here. It's actually the pistol that sparked my ongoing interest in G.I. .45s, and taken me down paths of research I never knew existed. It also led to meeting and talking to some very knowledgeable people.
Funny thing, too. Every time I take it to that LGS's range to run a few magazines through it, the guy who sold it to me says, "Hey, you still shootin' that ol' thing?" When I leave, I show him the targets and say, "Yeah, I'm still shootin' this ol' thing. How you like it?"
This is the pistol I used to qualify for my North Carolina Concealed Handgun Permit.
Oh, and do I care that it might not be "all original"? What would
your first guess be?
