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Old 02-17-2021, 02:44 PM
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Default Another Remington Rand 1911A1

It appears I have become an accidental collector of vintage war pistols. The latest one is a RR 1911A1.
My brother was a merchant marine. During the Vietnam war he was on ships that supplied supplies to the US forces. He was there at the end of the war. The ship he was on was evacuating ARVN civilians and soldiers. He said it was very chaotic since the people wanted to get out of the country. As they were boarding the ship they had to get rid of their weapons. Most of the weapons were tossed into the ocean. He managed to grab a couple of AR15's and 1911's. This is one of them.
I am now the owner of a 1916 DWM Luger, a 1934 Mauser 32 cal pocket pistol with holster, a Victory S&W 38 and now a Remington Rand 1911A1.
From what I can tell and have been told is that the frame was from early 1944, The slide is a type II and the barrel was made by Colt. So, all the parts are from the same era, this appears to be a refurbished 1911A1. The grips have the same mold number. Still, it appears to be in reasonably good shape. Since I carried one briefly in VN, it means something to me. I probably carried a Colt but this one brings back the memories.


After some searching around, it appears I have a franken gun. The frame is RR with serial number around the beginning/middle of 1944, the slide is a type 2, the trigger appears to be milled (Colt?), hammer is RR type 2, slide stop is serrated circa '43-45, barrel is Colt and the magazine is Risdon for Colt i.e. marked C-R. The original must have really messed up or the armorer went crazy.
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