Remington making 1911's again!
- Thread starter SCDL
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Wonder who will be making them?
- Location
- NW New-Brunswick
cool! cant wait to see it
- Location
- Ottawa, Ontario
probably another filipino gun rebranded like the iver johnsons and ithica and all the other 1911's that came out this year.
Indeed, if "Remington" [the rifle company as we know it] gets to producing a 1911 it will be a first time venture.
Remington Rand produced 1911A1's under contract to the US government during WWII. Remington Rand was a business machine company back in the day.
By the end of the war Remington Rand had produced over 875,000 pistols, almost as many as Colt (628,808) and Ithaca (335,467) combined. - Reference Charles Clawsons “Colt .45 Service pistols”.
A 1944 mfg Remington Rand:
NAA.
Indeed, if "Remington" [the rifle company as we know it] gets to producing a 1911 it will be a first time venture.
Remington Rand produced 1911A1's under contract to the US government during WWII. Remington Rand was a business machine company back in the day.
By the end of the war Remington Rand had produced over 875,000 pistols, almost as many as Colt (628,808) and Ithaca (335,467) combined. - Reference Charles Clawsons “Colt .45 Service pistols”.
A 1944 mfg Remington Rand:
NAA.
Yeah....what NAA said.
I'd add that to the collection if it looks like the picture posted in that magazine! Won't be $699 here i bet.
Hey NAA, how much would somebody have to part with to buy a piece of history like that? One that hasn't been butchered. Id lay odds that the Rem Rand would probably be the cheapest of the war pistols being the most plentiful? I have a sudden urge to snap one of those up while I can in my lifetime. I think it would be neat to pass on to future generations. I doubt there gonna get any cheaper neither.
I apologize for my hijacking.
I apologize for my hijacking.
While the Remington Rand was the most plentiful 1911A1 contract .45ACP pistol compared to the Colt or Ithaca, that were also producted in volume, don't expect to score one "cheap" if it's in original/correct form. As it, as the others, went through production there were slight variations in parts, markings, proofs etc so there is a sub culture in 1911/1911A1 collecting that also looks for the known variations. For an example, the Remington Rand 1911A1 had 3 variations of slide scrip in it's production run.
Your best bet is to watch the EE here but be "johnny on the spot" when one shows up as they usually don't last long. I've seen them also pop up on the Armco site in the used guns area, too. But again they don't usually last long there either.
NAA.
