1911 A1 Remington Rand - 1943 type II

[OLIAR15]

I’ve been wanting a second 1911 A1 to go with my 1943 Colt for a while now



I found this 1943 type II Remington Rand from a private seller, who was selling most of his collection, he also had a 1945 Colt and several Sig P210. He initially wanted $ 2400.-, we settled at $ 1950.-. Barrel is a High Standard



It came with this magazine which I suppose is WWI vintage



























I have a Scovill magazine that is better suited to this gun





I had never seen the Du-Lite finish. It’s obviously very different from the traditional high polish blueing of the commercial models or the Parkerising of later military models, it’s a kind of graphite grey.

[OLIAR15]

A couple of years ago I bought a few USGI small parts in the US to enhance my Auto Ordnance 1911 A1

So I now cannibalised it and replaced the thumb safety and the trigger. I will still need to find a correct hammer.





A few inside pics




British proof marks under the left grip





















The hole for the slide stop is chamfered, is that original ?





I thought I’d post my USGI trio too

[RKB Armory]

Beautiful!

Every time I shoot an old 1911, I'm reminded how tiny the sights were, back then. They are so much harder to quickly find.