1911 A1 Remington Rand - 1943 type II

CLASSIC12 · Nov 15, 2020

I’ve been wanting a second 1911 A1 to go with my 1943 Colt for a while now

I found this 1943 type II Remington Rand from a private seller, who was selling most of his collection, he also had a 1945 Colt and several Sig P210. He initially wanted $ 2400.-, we settled at $ 1950.-. Barrel is a High Standard

It came with this magazine which I suppose is WWI vintage

I have a Scovill magazine that is better suited to this gun

I had never seen the Du-Lite finish. It’s obviously very different from the traditional high polish blueing of the commercial models or the Parkerising of later military models, it’s a kind of graphite grey.

twh · Nov 15, 2020

The safety appears to be from a Norwegian Mod. 1914 and has been modified. Other than that it a nice looking pistol.

CLASSIC12 · Nov 15, 2020

Thanks

A couple of years ago I bought a few USGI small parts in the US to enhance my Auto Ordnance 1911 A1

So I now cannibalised it and replaced the thumb safety and the trigger. I will still need to find a correct hammer.

A few inside pics

British proof marks under the left grip

The hole for the slide stop is chamfered, is that original ?

I thought I’d post my USGI trio too

GardenValley · Nov 15, 2020

I think you may also need to hunt for another mainspring housing.

CLASSIC12 · Nov 15, 2020

Thanks, but why ?

GardenValley · Nov 15, 2020

The Remington Rand pistols used a ribbed mainspring housing. What is on your pistol is a Colt or Ithaca housing. And the Remington Rand housing has 8 ribs, not the 7 rib housing found on other pistols.

CLASSIC12 · Nov 15, 2020

GardenValley said:
The Remington Rand pistols used a ribbed mainspring housing. What is on your pistol is a Colt or Ithaca housing. And the Remington Rand housing has 8 ribs, not the 7 rib housing found on other pistols.

From the research I just made, that is correct for a type III, not for a type II which has a checkered MSH

Type III

https://www.gunauction.com/buy/148...4daevYkUg0aD3f6km5WqFAmHVdTAbWe7_WOnaILoxaZdsKjFcUmtkgC1Vw5bK-s9CY9-6ZCcNb3H8QQ

Type II

https://www.gunauction.com/buy/168...sHbvmX93i4N1M2MPST1BgwGHDnb9gd7710brpQ5a51n3mlHzpWz9w4pKNC7APHYOyoL8YZG3hdAgNdA

GardenValley · Nov 15, 2020

OK. You're a step ahead of me. Good research!

Louis1332 · Nov 16, 2020

I like all your GI .45s!

1911 A1 Remington Rand - 1943 type II

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