Safestuffer
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Found in a local gun shop that just opened. Pretty rare item to find, probably not more than a few hundred of these left remaining in this kind of shape. I had no idea what it was but I knew the price was good so I picked it up last week, and I've had a blast researching it since.
This is the story as I understand it after some research, and I will gladly welcome any corrections or elaborations.
In 1962 the DCM, precursor to the CMP, released a limited number of surplussed 1911's to the public for $17 apiece. Most were of the same sort being released today, mixmaster and well used examples for the most part...but a random lucky few individuals were selected to receive instead not more than 500 unfired and unissued Remington Rand 1911's still in their kraft govt boxes with two magazines wrapped in oilproof paper.
As far as I'm aware this is the only instance of the Remington Rands 1911's coming onto the civilian market in unissued, unfired condition in their government boxes.
These Remington Rands were all in the same group of serial numbers that date to the last few months of wartime production in 1945 and were contract overruns that were not needed at the time and were stored for later use. Eventually most were issued over the years, but in that one instance in 1962 a few hundred maybe were mixed in with the ones released to the DCM. Of those, how many survived in near mint condition with the box intact for the last 60 years?
However many that is, this looks to be one of them.
This is the story as I understand it after some research, and I will gladly welcome any corrections or elaborations.
In 1962 the DCM, precursor to the CMP, released a limited number of surplussed 1911's to the public for $17 apiece. Most were of the same sort being released today, mixmaster and well used examples for the most part...but a random lucky few individuals were selected to receive instead not more than 500 unfired and unissued Remington Rand 1911's still in their kraft govt boxes with two magazines wrapped in oilproof paper.
As far as I'm aware this is the only instance of the Remington Rands 1911's coming onto the civilian market in unissued, unfired condition in their government boxes.
These Remington Rands were all in the same group of serial numbers that date to the last few months of wartime production in 1945 and were contract overruns that were not needed at the time and were stored for later use. Eventually most were issued over the years, but in that one instance in 1962 a few hundred maybe were mixed in with the ones released to the DCM. Of those, how many survived in near mint condition with the box intact for the last 60 years?
However many that is, this looks to be one of them.
