1944 Remington Rand 1911A1

I recently picked up a Remington Rand 1911A1 for $450.00. I am going to take it to a local smith to have it looked at. I want to make sure that it is functional. The person that I bought it from said that they got it from his father, but had never shot it. He wasn't sure what was all original on it. I took a look at it, and compared it to a few forum posts in general. It looks like at least the slide and receiver match up. I am not sure about the grips, the internals, or the barrel though. Seeing as this is my FIRST 1911, I don't even know how to break it down yet.

I will try to post some pictures of it when I get a chance too. I was wondering if anyone knows where to look if I were to need some parts for it?

If you want it looked over and don't mind paying for the shipping I will do it for free for you..

Jess

Yeah, I don't believe I will be sending it out anywhere. That sounds like a lot of hassle with very little return. I can just run it out to a guy I KNOW and have him take a look at it. Thanks for the offer though.

Does anyone have any tips on figuring out worth for this gun?

Pictures speak a thousand words...

Any estimate is useless until/unless you post pictures.

Gotcha. I will see what I can do when I get home from work

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That slide looks like it was polished and cold blued. Both slide and frame should have a smooth Parkerizing, so whoever refinished it took away its collector value. But it should be fine as a shooter and you certainly got it at a good price.

Jim

Remington Rand supplied more pistols to the US Army than all the other four contractors combined. By mid-1944, they were not only building what many experts consider to be a better pistol than Colt...they were about 5 bucks cheaper. If memory serves me...the price was $52.50 a copy. Not too shabby for a typewriter manufacturer, eh?

One of RR's subsidiaries...General Shaver...also made magazines for the government contracts. They can be identified by a small "G" stamped on the toe of the floorplates.

Any estimates on what it would be worth? I know the grips are wrong...But I think that I can find originals for this one.

The $450 that you paid would be on the low side of fair value for that gun. The grips are not necessarily non-original. They originally came with brown plastic grips.

Cosmetically, you could have the slide and frame re-parkerized, and replace the worn grips with NOS ones of the same type. This may or may not hurt the collector value.

What's the condition of the barrel?

Reddish brown plastic were the original grips.

I dont think that the Barrel is original. I have yet to take it apart at this point. I was going to have a local family owned gun shop take a look at it. Hopefully have them check to make sure that it is able to fire. Hoping to do that Thursday.

I also have a question on this. Is the slide stop supposed to serrated? And for some reason it doesn't lock out with an empty clip in it. What could be the problem with it?

Anybody else notice BigG's post number? 6,666! :what:
Seriously though, nice gun! Looks like an excellent deal.

Well I went to the Gun Shop yesterday. Got it checked out. The reason that the slide lock wasn't working, is because the original clip had ammo sitting it it for too long. He also quoted me about $650.00 for worth. I bought a new clip for it and it seems to be in fine working order. Can't wait to try this baby out.

^ Be sure to post a range report when you do!!!!

Nice looking vintage pistol, however, it is a magazine, not a clip.....:neener:

NICE find for sure. I would guess about 100% it fires. Form what I know about 1911s if they have all their parts, they will fire.

Yeah yeah Magazine. Some of my language from my youth still prevails. :eek: