Remington Rand M1911A1

[Bacarnal]

In addition to my post yesterday of the Unusual Letter SKS, I had another successful day.  There was a Remington Rand M1911A1 at one of my LGS that had sat there for more than four months, marked at $1600.00.  A while ago I received three of the CMP M1 Garand barreled recovered receivers (two .30-06 and one .308) and built them.  My cost into them with parts was a little over a grand. I traded one and $150.00 for the M1911A1. 
This pistol seems to have been only had about two boxes fired through it after it came out of the box.  It hasn't been arsenal re-worked and the finish is great.  The only drawback is that having fired it, whoever had it didn't clean it after firing, so there is very minor pitting of the first inch of the bore.  The chamber and the rest of the barrel is bright.
Weapon dates to 1944.  The barrel is, I think, a High Standard.  All markings are crisp and clear and the slide is tight.  The finish is, again, great. 
Remington Rand's were the most produced M1911A1's, but that's OK by me.  When I fam-fired in Boot in 1980, it was with a Remington Rand.  It rattled so much I thought it might fly off.  When I went to Desert Storm, I was in an Air Wing unit.  Since we were deemed not a "front line" unit, they took our M9's and issued us M1911A1's.  Mine was a Remington Rand.  We didn't even have ammo issued.  Being a Reloader even then, I made sure our Detachment had .45 ACP, which we brought in country in our documents safe.  Good thing, since our Det was one of the first to enter the town of Khafji after an Iraqi Battalion had been repulsed by the SANG (Saudi Arabian National Guard) and U.S. Air Power (F18's and AH1J/T/&W's).  Long story shortened  , we went in afterwards to clean up the ordnance to clear the highways.
Anyway, done with reminiscing and why the Rand is special to me, and glad I got a good one!

[running-man]

That's a neat story Bruce!  Looks like a nice one indeed! 

[Phosphorus32]

Indeed, a great story! It looks like you picked up a real winner 

My one and only M1911A1 is also a Remington Rand in excellent condition. I'm very happy to have any example of and M1911A1, even if it's not one of the rare manufacturers. It sure beats the heck out of the CMP guns that saw another 40+ years of use and mixing of components to keep them operational.