1/28/2024 0 Comments 1943 remington rand 1911a1![]() ![]() 1911 Pistols manufactured for foreign Governments either in US or outside US.Commercial Colt Government Model, Ace, SM Ace, Super.US Military Issue M1911 and M1911A1 Pistols.More than one of the above (questions pertaining to more than one brands).Your Opinion about M1911.ORG and its sites.Questions and Suggestions about M1911.ORG sites.Industry Announcements and Press Releases.Quick Navigation US Military Issue M1911 and M1911A1 Pistols Top So what do I have here? A mostly-authentic wartime production 1911A1 - or soemthing else?Īny information you can pass along will be greatly appreciated. In one place, it is stamped "S&W while in another place it is stamped "M" and in a third place "P." The company had no experience building pistols at the time it was. Remington Rand was awarded a contract order on March 16th, 1942, for a total of 125,000 1911A1 pistols. It carries the number 7791183, several million units higher than the frame number. Remington Rand, originally a typewriter manufacturer, was one of the war-time manufacturers of these pistols, the others being Colt, Ithaca, Union Switch & Signal and Singer. The mainspring housing does not appear to be correct and in fact, it appears to be a mainspring housing from a 1911-1915 manufacture pistol, made either by Colt, Springfield, UMC or North American. ![]() There is really no way to tell as far as I know if any or all of the internal springs are the real McCoy. ![]() The short guide rod and the spring cap appear to be correct. The "United States Property" stamp is in the correct location. The thumb safety is also correct, as is the placement of the frame serial number. Immediately below the slide stop the letters "EJA" are stamped into the frame The slide stop is the correct one for RemRand pistols in this serial # range, as is the trigger - stamped and Parkerized, as noted for RemRand 1943-45 production. Which National Guard was not specified, but I am presuming Army National Guard. One authority I consulted indicates this is early 1944 production while a second indicated it's a number from any time in 1944 or 1945.Īnother search indicates a Remington Rand pistol with that number was probably originally issued to the National Guard. Last week, I purchased what purports to be a wartime production Remington Rand 1911A1. One made in 61, the other in 63.Hello! I've just registered with the 1911 Forum and this is my first post. I wonder if Colt added the 8 when they did the initial conversion? Both numbers come back as being an 1860. The one on the butt is the same as the one on the frame, except that the one on the frame has an extra 8 on it in a different font and oddly spaced. I wonder what'll happen when I try to letter an 1860 that has been cartridge converted, apparently twice, and has 2 different serial numbers. It seems that there is more to the Colt letter database than any of us realize. Has anyone here got a WWII 1911 made by other than Colt, and have you tried to letter it? If so, what happened? I'll be curious to see what happens when I letter the gun. Granted, these were made under license, so I guess Colt would have records, but I was still surprised. All of them came back with a date on the Colt Website. Description: Manufactured in 1943, at the height of World War II, this is an early production example of a Remington-Rand 1911A1. On a further whim, I input a few random numbers from serial number ranges listed as assigned to other manufacturers, and then I even found pics online of non Colt 1911A1's made during the War and put them in. On a whim, I typed in the number from my Remington Rand 1911A1, and it came back saying made in 1944, which aligns to several other online lists of who made what during the War. As part of my prep work, I am inputting the serial number of all my Colts into their online serial number lookup thing. I am getting ready to letter everything in my collection that can be lettered, including my Colts. ![]()
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