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Pops Remington Rand 1911a1 (Colt)

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Uncle Buck:
Last week I brought home pops Remington Rand 1911 a1 45 pistol. I have been doing a lot of research on the old girl and have concluded that I might never fire this gun. The gun was made in 1943 and is in amazing shape. So far all the numbers and marking check out including the armory stamp. I still need to strip it down and check out the numbers and markings on the barrel and internal parts.

The gun was still in its old leather holster with US in big raised letters. I know this gun came from the military through my uncle. He "acquired" many firearms during his lifetime career in the military which began right after the start of WWII. My uncle had many amazing firearms that he "acquired" and I am sure he had to have broken a lot of regulations and perhaps even laws in doing so. In his collection years ago when he was still alive I personally held two German Lugar's, nickel plated and complete with swastika's and Third Reich insignias. So I am quite certain this 45 is about as legit as it gets.

stokester:
Neat story UB, similar to my own.

I inherited from my late Father a 1911, Colt .45 that belonged to his Uncle Bill, a sailor in WWI who lied about his age and enlisted at 16 but that's another story.

Using the markings I was able to date it from that era and I remembered my Father firing it so I took it to the range after a thorough cleaning and general functionality check.  It fired just fine but frequently did not eject the cartridge, so not being any kind of gunsmith, I checked online and found that the return spring was probably fatigued and needed replacement.  I ordered one directly from Colt which came with a card to certify its authenticity.  The second firing was with a friend who has a Luger from 1940s where it worked flawlessly with target ammo, never failing to eject the spent cartridge. 

As we were firing the 1911 and Luger it was very apparent to both of us that the sites SUCK!  These were close-quarter personal weapons not meant for any type of aiming.

A family heirloom for sure.

Rewind:
I too have a similar story.

I have a Walther PPK .32cal. that dad brought back from WWII. During the war my dad's unit decided to use a small towns "city hall" for a command station. My dad sent his driver to check out the basement. The driver came back and said "You gotta check this out"!! My dad went to the basement and there was an arsenal big enough to have their own war. On the shelf were boxes and boxes of these PPK's. Dad gave one to his driver and one to a friend and kept one for himself.

bmwrd0:
I inherited the family Luger, in .30, a real sweet pistol.

But my prized possession pistol wise is the Browning Hi-Power my father gave me. He bought new it when my folks had been married just a few years, when he was still a grad student. At that time he had probably put 50 rounds through it. My brother got our grandfathers old Colt revolver and Winchester.

jabberwoki:
Need pics of all these.

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