Early Remington Rand

Most here have already seen this one, but was ask for pictures of early RR and figured I might as well post them for those that haven't seen it.

This one shows the typical smooth Du-Lite blue finish, as well as a 1911 style slide stop. Remington Rand purchased unfinished 1911 style slide stops from Springfield Armory early in production. The barrel is a COLT .45 AUTO with large G. This is the 983rd Remington Rand.

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I never grow tired of looking at nice examples. Thanks.

I love that pistol.

Do we know how many barrels that Colt supplied and about how late of a serial number that a Colt barrel may come up in a Remington Rand? TIA.

My mid 1943 Remington Rand serial NO.1039250 in very good condition.
Purchased in a pawn shop on consignment north of Seattle for $650.00 in 2001.
The RR was inspected by the president of a local Colt 1911 club, he said "you have a nice all matching numbers Remington Rand 1911A1" and slapped it back in my hand!
I replied with a big grin... And its great fun to shoot too.

I'm grateful to show my 1911A1 along with the Johnny Peppers excellent and earliest Remington Rand 1911A1 that I have ever laid eyes on, outstanding history with that .45 Auto.

John,
I know that I have seen photos of that pistol before, but is it missing it's FJA? Maybe my eyes are blurry from all of this southern pollen. Anyway, I see good enough to recognize a fine early production Remington Rand.

I think a lot of early Rem Rands have their FJA struck up high, and are somewhat covered by the slide stop. I don't recall about the specific position of the FJA on Johnny's pistol, but have seen others that way.

As Scott mentioned, the early ones tended to be struck higher, plus they were considerably smaller. The photo shows that almost half the FJA is under the slide stop.

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Thanks Johnny.

The position of the acceptance initials also brings up the question of the acceptance procedure. It would seem logical that the markings would be applied to a pistol that had been through all the proofing, function firing, and then cleaned up for final acceptance. The pistol shown appears to have been disassembled when the final acceptance was done.

Very interesting. What do the experts think?
Does this inspector use the slide stop as a guide to align the letters better?
Maybe even struck after the pistol is locked back knowing this would mess with collectors latter?
A creative mind at work maybe.

Later the initials were vertical rather than horizontal.

I had a Remington Rand I took in trade when I was an FFL in the late 1990s. It was in the original, serial numbered pasteboard box with VCI paper. I sold it in about 2006 or 2007 for $950 when my wife's business was crashing and I needed the money. The buyer was ecstatic to get it at that price.... I never fired it, and it was unfired when I got it.

Johnny, that is a great looking Rem Rand.

Chris

Thanks. I bought it from a walk-in at a small gun show where apparently no one else recognized what it was. I must have been the last person in the show to see it, because when I ask to see it the seller told me I wasn't going to like the price, but he wasn't taking any less. I would have paid double what he was asking if I had to. It has everything you would like to see on an early RR; the Colt barrel, 1911 slide stop, and odd variation hammer.