Posted: 9/24/2006 7:23:33 PM EDT
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I been cursing around gunsamerica.com and gunbroker.com a little bit trying to get a idea price of the remington rand series pistol. All of the pistols i found where 1911A1's. The remington rand pistol i have is the reguler 1911 type. I am wounder if there is a price difference between the 1911A1 or the 1911 series pistol. Jesse |
Are you sure you don't just have a RR slide on a Colt or Springfield 1911 frame from WWI? Or an RR slide on a Colt post-WWI commercial frame... Post some photos? |
Unforently i dont have very good photos of the indivisual markings on it. but yea i am pritty shure its not a choped up firearm.   as the slide says Remingtion rand on the side of it and the frame has a US property mark on it along with it staying its from NJ. And along with it came the GI belt, holster and the turniket on the belt. and also having the guys name written the belt and turnikitJesse. PS sorry i dont have better photos. |
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Ok, assuming it's the right one in the first photo and the left one in the second: It is a 1911 frame, manufactured either for WWI or soon after...and a slide that came from WWII. You can look up the serial number here. If the serial number begins with a C, then it's a civilian model, but with the US Property marking...%99 it's a military frame, and someone replaced the slide after WWII. OR, for whatever reason, someone stuck a new slide on an original WWI 1911 at an armory or other camp somewhere and carried that due to personal preference; who knows? The frame should be blued and the slide parkerized (frame should feel more slick as compared to the slide, and be blue while the slide should be grey/grey-ish) RR did NOT make 1911's during WWI; they were soley a WWII wartime manufacturer. Sorry if this disappoints you  But, the frame does definiitly look like it's around a WWI manufacture, and the slide definitily came from WWII. There's nothing wrong with this, mind you! Value? Depends. If it's in good condition all around..maybe $700? If the barrel has no frosting or pitting, strong lands and grooves, and it fires and works as it should. If the barrel is frosted or has pitting, or is otherwise way worn...well, value diminshes. It could be a good restoration project; find a WWI slide and barrel, etc... Just my OPINION though, don't go holding this to gospel. But, I think it's about right. Edited to add: If the frame is parkerized it's definitly either a post-WWI rebuilt for WWII, or a post-WWII re-do, probably done after bought by a civilian. Why they wouldn't have swapped out mainspring housings and grip safety I don't know, though, if it was a wartime rebuild. Do you see re-arsenal marks? All stampings on the frame are important... |
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its a shame that i dont have the firarm in hand. as i moved from home in January to a new job and havent been up to get all my guns. These are photos from befor i left.. but i do remember there being a SN on the frame and on the floor plate of the magazine that where the same. cant reamber if the slide was also serilized. i am trying to go thought all my old photos i have in order to locate some better photos. thank you for your info Jesse |
No problem...the serial number would help, as would a detailed listing of all of the markings on the frame and slide. They didn't generally serialize the slides to frames for WWII... It's possible it was an arsenal overhaul, in which case it would be marked on the frame as such. |