FPrice
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Was looking through the handgun case at a gunstore a few towns over and saw what looked to be an older, roughly WWII-era 1911A1. Turns out it was a Remington-Rand slide on a Springfield Armory frame. The frame was marked on the right side just forward of the right grip (and just barely readable under the parkerization):
Springfield Armory
Geneseo IL
NM 4XXX
Everything was parkerized except the hammer and barrel bushing (both blued). The grips looked to be inexpensive wood or some sort of substitute (did not look at them too closely, they were crummy). Trigger was light, about 3# or so. All safeties checked out fine. The gun actually felt fairly solid.
My guess is that this was just a parts gun someone put together. Is this a good guess or is it something I may not know about?
Springfield Armory
Geneseo IL
NM 4XXX
Everything was parkerized except the hammer and barrel bushing (both blued). The grips looked to be inexpensive wood or some sort of substitute (did not look at them too closely, they were crummy). Trigger was light, about 3# or so. All safeties checked out fine. The gun actually felt fairly solid.
My guess is that this was just a parts gun someone put together. Is this a good guess or is it something I may not know about?