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    Sept 1944 Remington Rand Help!

    I have a 9/44 R.R. M1911A1. It looks like all the parts have the same wear on it but I have a couple questions.
    The barrel bushing looks black along with the slide stop and thumb safety. Maybe they are blued but they look faded black with matching wear of the gun. Are those parts correct on my gun?

    I found some correct examples online that look the same. Pictures of mine.



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    That appears to be a Blanchard ground slide, and would be too late for that receiver.

    It is not unusual for the small parts to be darker, as they were tempered and tended to be dark after finishing.

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    Ok I wanted to be sure that some of the black parts would be correct on that gun for 9 of '44. Ive seen some with black parkerized parts and then some with gray looking ones that match the color of the gun.

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    Perhaps it is not 9/44. What is your actual serial number (at least the 1st 4); that will give us a better fix on whether the Blanchard machining could be correct for the SN.

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    18012XX , is the serial.

    On another subject with serial numbers can you find where the gun might have gone , I have a 1910 model M1903 im curious of also.

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    Definitely too early to have a Blanchard machined slide. I don'n know the answer to your 1910 question.

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    They must have been together many many years then, the finish on the gun and receiver match perfect along with the wear.

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    What is the correct recoil spring plug? Would a blued checkered one be correct or the serrated parkerized gray one?

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    RRs can differ by when they were made, but generally the small parts were Manganese Phosphated which produces a grey to near-black depending on the steel and variables in the process. Many very late ones seem to have Zinc Phosphated parts which look more like the frame and slide. My April, 1945 has the dark parts.
    The spring retainer cap should be checkered and dark like the other parts. I don't remember seeing a serrated spring cap on a USGI, but I am not an expert on them.
    The barrel was blued along with some pins, minor parts, etc., but the other parts were Phosphated with Zinc or Manganese.
    The serial number cannot tell you where the pistol was since 1944. Such records never existed. Most likely it was issued during WWII and remained in service until sold off in the big DCM/NRA sales in the '60s.
    Are there any initials on the RH side of the frame around the trigger? These could be rebuild marks where the pistol got a new slide and the frame was refinished at that time. Otherwise, the slide could have been put on it anytime after the Type III slides began to be used. So, if the frame had good finish and the slide also did in say 1946, and there was a problem with the original slide, it could have been installed. Subsequent wear over the years would produce the effect of 'equal wear on frame and slide' that we see on your pistol.

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