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I got a interesting 45.
This is a Remmington Rand Inc Parkerized with inspector"JM" still in new condition. What bothers me is:
1918 Colt frame s/n 233601-580600 (blue book info)
1943 1st Remmington Rand s/n **916405-1041404
It does not have any other stampings.
The s/n; 276XXX
What catagory does this fall into and what is the value??
Sounds like an arsenal rebuild.
What type of finish were the first 255 units produced by remington rand?
Also there is no arsnel rework location.
The inspector is j m gilbert above the mag release.
The sight news states that because shortage of prints to build rr had to get parts from other contractors and also use 2865 item from colts' wwi inventory.
Now what it worth??
The partial serial number indicates that the receiver is a 1918 manufactured Colt. I suspect that it has been rebuilt or just had parts swapped and now has a Remington Rand slide. The receiver is the pistol, and it is still a Colt. The Colt originally had a blue finish, and the phosphate finish indicates a refinish.
The first 255 Remington Rand pistols were Du-Lite blued over a sandblasted finish, as were the next 85,000 or so.
Major John M. Gibert was in charge of all inspections and acceptance of Colt pistols and revolvers from August of 1917 until March of 1918.
About the sum of its parts.... appx. $700.-Quote:
Originally Posted by hiho
you must be kidding! A mint gun with the smell of camfur in the frame and never fired!!
Go back and read the posts. The pistol is not mint and it is not unfired. It is a mix-master with a WWI receiver and a WWII slide.Quote:
Originally Posted by hiho
What is camfur?
Where? You must be talking about somebody else's pistol. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by hiho
Assuming you mean camphor, what does that have to do with making a pistol valuable?
The ad says manufactured in 1918, and a sentence later says it was manufactured in 1943. Not hard to see why it has 0 bids.
Add to that little problem with it's supposed to be a Colt frame made in 1918, yet sat around until 1943 when Remington was supposed to have built it into a complete pistol? Huh? Last I knew, Remington production in 1943 would have been 1911 A's, wouldn't they?
Maybe some noob will buy this guy's story, but nobody who knows squat about guns would. That is what makes me mad, cheats put stuff out there, and flat screw people over. How they can sleep at night amazes me. I guess thieves are wired different than most folks, huh?
It's a shame that false advertising has come to be accepted in collectible guns. Just about anything the seller wants to say is OK.
The grips are fakes also. They have the look of tiger striping or grain to them. Very common rebuild. Nice looking, but $2500.00 worth of nice looking? Not hardly. Value? Between $700.00 and $900.00 at the outside.
The pistol is what it is : A very nice rebuild -- except for the grips , of course. Which makes me wonder if the finish or the markings have been humped. Maybe not , the sales pitch isn't particularly sophisticated .