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Originally Posted by therevjay
When I was last armed with a 1911A1 in the military, (about 1986) the newest pistol was 41 yrs old. What was fairly uncommon was a pistol that had a slide & frame from the same mfg. Mine had a Ithica slide and a Remington Rand frame. (internal parts? who knows)
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When I was Armorer of a Headquarters battery we had 5, consecutive serial numbered, Remington 1911A1's. We had 11 1911A1's all together so I was able to swap parts around to get all the correct parts back on the Remingtons. I tried and tried to come up with a legal way to own those pistols. I even offered to do a Report of Survey, and pay the government what they said each one was worth on the property books. Heck, they were switching over to the M9 anyway and as this was the Clinton era those Remingtons probably got melted down.
Yes, I would have gladly paid the $55 each the Federal Government said they were worth. ;D ;D