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Questions for the experts. I read that sometimes a new serial number with an "X" prefix was stamped on frames during arsenal rework. Can this gun be one of those or just a botch job by Bubba?
1911A1 Remington Rand 45 WW11 : Semi-auto at GunBroker.com
Thanks,
Bill
Looks very suspicious,:thdown:
...Does not look like the military restamps I've seen. And the property restamping? The "X" looks like an after thought. Most restamps are X- 2 or three digits , not six or more , and really look hand stamped , not hand stamped trying to like it's not.
Don't walk away......:yikes:........RUN!
Chris
That hand stamped serial number, 2,081,281, if correct would be for a 1945 Ithaca, not Remington. Scary.
just a guess I do not much about USGI pistols but years ago could someone have ground out the serial because it was stolen from Uncle. Then someone else got a hold of it and stamped in a serial to try to make it legit
At this point, anything is possible. It's anyones guess why it is like it is now.
There is really no guessing involved at this point. Bubba did it ......Quote:
Originally Posted by Duane Hansen
I would not touch that 1911 with your hand! Classic ground off serial number.
Somebody paid $725 for that 'Thing' -
I bet the dealer danced a jig to get it off his hands.
....I wonder what an undercover BAFTE agent would pay to buy an illegally altered firearm from someone who should know better , in order to turn around and make an arrest and bust 'em? Maybe drag in the dealer who agrees to bring it in for him too? Just wondering and all , because we all know they'd never do that sort of things , to busy chasing real badmen who'd shoot at them and such , you know.
Chris
The BATF doesn't have to buy anything or stage a sting to make an arrest. Possession alone is illegal. Noboday has to to buy or sell anything to commit a crime. All they have to do is possess an illegal piece.
Keep in mind that I spent 20 years in full time law enforcement, and spent that time chasing real criminals. BUT let me tell you about how Kalifornia DOJ tried to sting me. (I also had an FFL for over 24 years.)
Back in the day, late 80s in Kalifornia, I did gun shows pretty much full time in Kalifornia and NV under my orange US Armory banner, and my licensed premises was in Kaslifornia. (I was on extended disability leave for several years). They had passed the assault weapons ban in Kalifornia and were looking for evil dealers to hang. I had several weapons I registered when the law passed. I was set up at a Reno show at the Nugget, and was fairly well known at the time on the circuit. I sold mail order in shotgun News.
A guy comes up to my table with a mint, NIB AP15 Sp1 Colt green label. As I did mostly black gun stuff then, that was not unusual. He offers it to me at $450 (first clue something is wrong) saying he was hard up for bucks. He was a little too well dressed to be hard up. I told him "No, I can't sell it or take it as I am based in Kalifornia, etc" He pestered me and pestered me. I refused. He came back up to me several times during the day and kept pushing. I also noticed he was only offering it to other Kalifornia dealers. Being a cop, I could smell a sting. I finally told him "Yah, I would take it!" He got a triumphant look, until I told him " I can put it on my books of my manufacturer's license and keep it at that premises in Sparks NV (It was not generally known that I had two licenses, the one in Sparks was to produce a line of commemorative ARs that never took off. Never produced a single gun)
He immediately got angry and demanded to see my license for the NV premises. (Odd behavior for a man desperately selling a gun). I showed him a copy. He grabbed it, looked at it, crumbled it up and stormed out the door, AR in hand.... He knew he had been burned. It is a sad day when they have to try to badger people into breaking the law...:dunno: