CMP 1911

[sigp220.45]

I picked my field grade up today, and it is exactly what I wanted.

First, this is a really nice case.

Its a Remington Rand slide on a Remington Rand frame.

I didn't want a recent repark, and I certainly got that. I don't think its ever been refinished since its original finish departed sometime between 1944 and now.

Some Frank J Atwood goodness. It also has the "assembly mark" pre-installed, saving me the trouble.

Still has its rack number - 11.

The barrel is a replacement, marked HS which I would guess is High Standard.

I wanted one that looked like it had been somewhere and done something, and I got that in spades. The only slight downer was the magazine they included - a new Mec Gar. That's an easy fix, though.

I'll shoot it tomorrow.

 

[LostintheOzone]

I picked my field grade up today, and it is exactly what I wanted.

First, this is a really nice case.

Its a Remington Rand slide on a Remington Rand frame.

I didn't want a recent repark, and I certainly got that. I don't think its ever been refinished since its original finish departed sometime between 1944 and now.

Some Frank J Atwood goodness. It also has the "assembly mark" pre-installed, saving me the trouble.

Still has its rack number - 11.

The barrel is a replacement, marked HS which I would guess is High Standard.

I wanted one that looked like it had been somewhere and done something, and I got that in spades. The only slight downer was the magazine they included - a new Mec Gar. That's an easy fix, though.

I'll shoot it tomorrow.

Very nice. Originally I wanted a service grade but I already have plenty of shooters. Your field grade is more appealing to me with the 'I've been used' finish. I don't want a refinished gun either. Thanks for posting the pics. Made my choice, if I ever get one, much easier.

 

[4barrel]

To post 16 I wasn't down raging on the gun but I see a lot of Remington Rand with bad stamps <have one my self>I don"t recall Colts like that. I haven"t seen any.

 

[LVSteve]

It also has the "assembly mark" pre-installed, saving me the trouble.

Major lols on that point.

 

[ladder13]

I picked my field grade up today, and it is exactly what I wanted.

First, this is a really nice case.

Its a Remington Rand slide on a Remington Rand frame.

I didn't want a recent repark, and I certainly got that. I don't think its ever been refinished since its original finish departed sometime between 1944 and now.

Some Frank J Atwood goodness. It also has the "assembly mark" pre-installed, saving me the trouble.

Still has its rack number - 11.

The barrel is a replacement, marked HS which I would guess is High Standard.

I wanted one that looked like it had been somewhere and done something, and I got that in spades. The only slight downer was the magazine they included - a new Mec Gar. That's an easy fix, though.

I'll shoot it tomorrow.

How many countries and how many battles has that been in?

 

[sigp220.45]

I got out to the range for a bit. 100 rounds of 230 grain ball (WWB and Armscor). No malfunctions and it shot well. Number One Son outshot me for the first time today - those young eyes! Now he wants one.

 

[Golphin]

I received my 1911 A1 from CMP today. It has a Colt slide and a Remington Rand frame I believe based on the inspection marks from Frank J. Atwood. Also believe it was made in 1944. I am very happy with it and the nice case it came in.

 

[Grayfox]

sigp220: That looks better than I expected for a Rack Grade. Congratulations.
How's the trigger on it? Mine has the typical G.I. trigger. Absolutely horrible! My gauge read an average of 8lbs 120z.
I put new standard springs in it and lightly polished the hammer and sear. Didn't get carried away with a full trigger job as I do want it be a true example of a G.I. gun. Its cleaner and smoother now, but still gauges at 7 lbs.
BTW: mine came with a new Meggar magazine too. But I've got a couple of marked Army issue mags laying around.

 

[LostintheOzone]

CMP is chugging along with distribution. RNG is now somewhere around 10900 being called. That seems odd that it's so high considering that only 8K were initially identified. I'm hoping they have a few thousand more. If they do I'm going to have one.

 

[sigp220.45]

sigp220: That looks better than I expected for a Rack Grade. Congratulations.
How's the trigger on it? Mine has the typical G.I. trigger. Absolutely horrible! My gauge read an average of 8lbs 120z.
I put new standard springs in it and lightly polished the hammer and sear. Didn't get carried away with a full trigger job as I do want it be a true example of a G.I. gun. Its cleaner and smoother now, but still gauges at 7 lbs.
BTW: mine came with a new Meggar magazine too. But I've got a couple of marked Army issue mags laying around.

Mine is a field grade, so at least theoretically it is better than a rack grade. The trigger on mine is pretty good - I haven’t measured it but its on a par with my commercial 1911s.

A guy on Facebook posted he got the call today with an RGN in the 10900s. He was offered all 3 grades, so they must have busted open a new crate. I’m sure they are well into the second allotment from the Army, but are being discrete for good reasons known only to them.

 

[0le]

I picked up a Remington Rand, vet bring back a couple of years ago. It was brought home by a friend's father who served in Europe under Patton. He had carried a Colt through most of the war. Towards the end he was asked if he wanted a new one. He turned in the Colt and was issued the R.R. It is in extremely nice condition, unmessed with. It came with 6 USGI magazines, two mag pouches, and two holsters, one standard side, one shoulder rig.

 

[packrat2]

Well if the CMP is up to about the 11,000 RNG as was posted, I will only have 3,500 names ahead of me...

 

[NavySCPO]

Mine is a field grade, so at least theoretically it is better than a rack grade. The trigger on mine is pretty good - I haven’t measured it but its on a par with my commercial 1911s.

A guy on Facebook posted he got the call today with an RGN in the 10900s. He was offered all 3 grades, so they must have busted open a new crate. I’m sure they are well into the second allotment from the Army, but are being discrete for good reasons known only to them.

That is a beauty with war time character! Glad you got it so quick. Haven’t got to the range with mine yet, if this rain stops I may get to shoot her tomorrow. Love the number ‘11’ rack number, my M1 Garand has #16 on the butt, very cool to me. Never know what it means, other than it’s been there and done that, we now own a small piece of history, Congratulations!

 

[Golphin]

I am not positive what my number was but I didn't get the call until 12/3/19 and they had all 3 grades. My order number was over 10,000 so I am going to guess they are working on a second shipment as some of the earlier numbers did not get the choice of the Service grade from some of the post I have read.

 

[LostintheOzone]

I am not positive what my number was but I didn't get the call until 12/3/19 and they had all 3 grades. My order number was over 10,000 so I am going to guess they are working on a second shipment as some of the earlier numbers did not get the choice of the Service grade from some of the post I have read.

The following is purely speculation on my part because I'm not the guy breaking open the crates, but a check on the CMP website confirms that some in the 9000 block didn't get a choice of Service grade. One guy (9248) only got a choice of field grade.

As was surmised, it's possible they work from crate to crate and whatever happens to be in that crate is what you choose from when your # comes up.

The fact that they're still opening crates a year after they received the first allotment is encouraging.

 

[waffles]

I picked my field grade up today, and it is exactly what I wanted.

First, this is a really nice case.

Its a Remington Rand slide on a Remington Rand frame.

I didn't want a recent repark, and I certainly got that. I don't think its ever been refinished since its original finish departed sometime between 1944 and now.

Some Frank J Atwood goodness. It also has the "assembly mark" pre-installed, saving me the trouble.

Still has its rack number - 11.

The barrel is a replacement, marked HS which I would guess is High Standard.

I wanted one that looked like it had been somewhere and done something, and I got that in spades. The only slight downer was the magazine they included - a new Mec Gar. That's an easy fix, though.

I'll shoot it tomorrow.

Now that's just about perfect and I'm sure what most of us hoped for on the CMP 1911s.

 

[LostintheOzone]

Looks like some lucky recipients are re-selling their CMP pistols already.

 

[kbm6893]

Now that's just about perfect and I'm sure what most of us hoped for on the CMP 1911s.

Different strokes for different folks. My number was 2927 and I got a service grade. Colt lower on a Colt slide from the 50’s. Reparked for sure but Uncle Sam reparked it so it is all GI to me. I wouldn’t have wanted one with all that finish gone. It’s like the M1’s I got from the CMP, I like character and the dings tell a story, but I would not have been happy with a rifle with most of its finish gone.

Those who got a CMP 1911 were not looking for a shooter. I fired 50 rounds through mine and cleaned it. Don’t see me putting more than 100 rounds a year through it. I have other guns to launch 230 grain .45 ACP bullets into paper with. I bought this and my M1’s for the history and quite frankly the value. They’re only going to go up. My first CMP M1 was $675 a few years ago. Try to get them for that. Buying an Auto Ordnance or Springfield GI clone would not scratch that itch to own a piece of history. I was offered $1500 for my reparked mixmaster the day I picked it up. Guy in the shop offered it to me right in the spot. I declined of course.

 

[Grayfox]

Sadly there are some people who put in applications for the sole purpose of reselling the gun. I heard of one guy who put in applications for himself, his wife and a couple of grown kids with the full intention of reselling any guns they got. A lot of folks griped about the cost of these pistols, but any of them will resell at a good profit on the open market.
If CMP finds out you resold one of their guns, they will ban you from any further purchases for life. But in most cases CMP only finds out if someone reports the seller.

 

[LostintheOzone]

Sadly there are some people who put in applications for the sole purpose of reselling the gun. I heard of one guy who put in applications for himself, his wife and a couple of grown kids with the full intention of reselling any guns they got. A lot of folks griped about the cost of these pistols, but any of them will resell at a good profit on the open market.
If CMP finds out you resold one of their guns, they will ban you from any further purchases for life. But in most cases CMP only finds out if someone reports the seller.

And rightfully so. I believe there is a limit of one on the 1911's to keep people from flipping those and to give more people an opportunity to own one. There are far fewer of those than surplus garands and carbines although the CMP carbine supply has dried up. The 1911's and garands will also be history soon enough. They have garands at the stores still but they're pretty rough field and rack grades.