Looking at a Remington Rand 1911a ,cant get photos yet. Slide marked Remington Rand but not us property. Frame has crossed canons, serial 2230xx, has Bomar adj sight marked USMC. Any help or ideas greatly appreciated.

On a Rand the frame is marked US. They normally have an FJA inspector stamped behind the left rear trigger on the frame. GHD stamp would be a Colt frame. Mine was made in 1942 and has a 7 digit # 123xxxx

Your SN indicates a 1943 delivery. Remington Rand manufactured the largest number of M1911A1s during WWII, a little over 1 Million, representing 54% of the total supplied to the military. The sight you describe was definitely not original. It is entirely possible that it may have other non-original components so be very careful if you plan to buy it. You don't want to pay a collector price for a shooter-grade gun.

Mostly I was curious about the USMC marked bo-mars, was this a military competition gun

With all the trickery that goes on these days, I wouldn't buy anything without several good quality pics from a reputable seller unless you know the person. I've never seen a Bomar rear sight marked USMC.

I can't imagine why the USMC would want to brand a BoMar rear sight.

Sounds odd to me. I would have to see the pistol, but it would be very odd for any branch of the services to place their stamp on a Bo-Mar adjustable sight.

It sounds like it could be a match ball gun, can't tell without pictures.

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Same here, USMC rarely marked equipment.Only ones I recall are certain scopes and the USMC marked 40X`s.May be others but not many.Guy came to my gunshow table recently with a USMC marked M1 that he was convinced it was origional, could not convince him it was bogus and let him believe what he wanted.

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It's been many years ago, but a guy once tried to sell me a Remington Model 51 pistol which had USMC engraved on it. He almost punched me out when I told him that the Model 51 was never an issue pistol for any military service. He insisted that his was a real USMC gun, that he got it from some Marine, etc.

Thanks everyone for the replies, the USMC stamp made me curious. I will see if I can get a picture, but the stamp is so small and dark may not have much luck