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01-14-2013 11:20 PM
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I never grow tired of looking at nice examples. Thanks.
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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.
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Remington Rand 1943 with Accessories
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.
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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.
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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.
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Thank You to Scott Gahimer For This Useful Post:
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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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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.
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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.
Last edited by DaveN; 04-12-2013 at 12:36 AM.
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