US&S went for $4690. RR $1050. And $1690. $1,490. Ithaca$1,520. On latest gunrunner auction
Actually, guys, the Singer is not the rarest 1911 (or 1911A1) It IS the rarest of WWII production 1911s but In 1918 The North American Arms Company, in Canada, received a production order to produce 1911s. They used the Ross rifle factory and started production. It ended with the cancellation of the order because the war ended. They made about a hundred guns. They go at auction for six figures.Singer Corporation (sewing machine manufacturer) made only 500 units as an “educational order.”
They are pretty rare to see in private hands but I am aware of at least 1 that was serving with certain military units at least in the last twenty years.
A fella in one of those units snapped a picture of it and some of its buddies while they were serving.
I’ll see if I can track the picture down.
Regarding the pistol itself I think the frame is no longer US&S
Receiver has WB inspector's stamp which makes it a Colt from late 1941, more likely 1942.
And the AA (Augusta Arsenal) rework stamp shows where a US&S slide most likely got on a Colt frame.
Hammer, trigger, beavertail and barcode no doubt added much later. When the present CMP sales were just in rumor range, there was a leaked picture of 1911s just piled up on a table. There were several visible with non-GI components like that.
Singer's British subsidiary made the excellent micrometer rear sights for the No. 4 rifles.Wasn't the Singer 1911 production ended because the War Department thought their talents were better served making more technical things, like precision bomb sights?
i believe you re: slide and parts, as well as the table pile. But check the link I posted, starting with post 118 and look at the guy’s pictures. His are not from the CMP. It is impressive to me that they deployed with these as recently as 2017 and they are still soldiering on.