Forum: 1911/1911A1 Service Pistol

A question was raised at the range last week between two owners of 1911-A1 pistols. One gun was made by Remington and marked Illion, N.Y. and the...

I have just come to own a Remington UMC 1911 serial #3989 that I belive was made in 1918. the gun appears to be all origina and the man I got it...

Does anyone have an info on a Colt M1911A1 sn 881213. Any help is greatly appreciated. regards, Giovanni

I'm new so please bare with me. I have a 1911a1 with a Colt slide but the Ser Number dates it to 1944 with the mfg being Remington. The pistol is...

A friend asked for some photos of hammers regarding the subject of hammer bite. So I shot some images of the different Colt hammers. It'll take a...

i know this is for service guns but i thought i would ask hear ,could any one give me any info as tohow many .45 cal gold cup elites were made? the...

Picked up a well used 1911 serial 31973X the other day. (I will post photos from photobucket) It appears to have had the United States Property...

This is one of the very last 1940 Colt M1911A1 pistols. Only 6 others have higher serial numbers. It was part of the last 1940 shipment made 27...

Hello Gents, I'd just like to share my newest acquisition with all of you. It's a Colt 1911A1 manufactured in 1943. As far as I can tell, all...

This pistol, Colt M1911 s/n 16488, was shipped in the next to the last shipment of 1912, on 21 December to Springfield Armory. I've had this pistol a...

I recently lettered a large quantity of Colts and got several neat hits back in the process. This one was especially gratifying because it was...

I saw this rare mag pocket for the first time a few months ago. A friend who has collected this stuff for the last 65 years had it and said it was...

Picked this one up this week, a 1944-produced Remington Rand. Looks to be a non-refurb. Bbl is Hi-Standard, mag is Little.

Clawson's little book, page 56 makes reference to the slides of some Ithacas bearing the rollmarks M 1911 A1 U.S. Army being used intermittently...

Do we know how many in the 1930's 1911A1 .45 and .38 super Auto has been made with a Swartz Safety. I guess few hundred...And when did they started...

Took the wife out shooting to an outdoor range. For fun, I packed my US Army Remington Rand 1911 a1 with a 1944 build date. The pistol is not as...

Here is a photo of a 1943 Remington Rand with original Du-Lite blue finish. It's a late Du-Lite pistol and has a Du-Lite serrated slide stop and a...

My goal was to own at least one Garand, Carbine, 1903, 1911, and AR15. With the first two marked off, my next purchase will be a 1911, which I know...

There weren't very many 1916 Colt M1911 pistols to begin with, and far fewer were marked "S" on the receiver, slide and barrel. The "S" mark was used...