**Mid-1943 Production Remington Rand Model 1911A1 Pistol in Pasteboard Shipping Box with Two Magazines

World War II

.45 ACP. 5" barrel. SN: 978882 (mfg. ca.1943). Du-Lite blue finish on frame and slide, barrel and small parts blued, checkered "no ring" Keyes Fiber grip panels. Single action tilting barrel Browning designed magazine fed semi-automatic pistol with dovetailed notch rear sight and blade front sight. Right side of frame is marked UNITED SATED PROPERTY/NO 978882 and M1911 A1 U.S. ARMY forward of the grip above the triggerguard and with a crisp {Ordnance Wheel} cartouche at the rear edge. Right side of slide is unmarked. Left side of slide is marked with the Type II two-line Remington address which reads REMINGTON RAND INC./SYRACUSE, N.Y. U.S.A. just forward of the rear slide serrations. A crisp FJA (Frank J Atwood) inspection is present immediately below the slide stop and a P proof is present on the frame below the magazine release. A P is also present on the top of the slide, immediately forward of the rear sight index line. The blued High Standard barrel is appropriately marked HS on one side of the link lug and with a P on the opposite side. The pistol is accompanied by two S marked Scovill Manufacturing blued magazines, apparently unused and wrapped in brown wax paper. An old, well worn kraft box accompanies the pistol as well.

This mid-1943 production pistol probably dates to around July for procurement and is approaching the end of the Du-Lite Blue finish period with Parkerizing becoming the primary finish sometime in the 1,XXX,XXX to 1,018,XXX range. The metal was sandblasted so the finish was quite dull and often looked more like Parkerizing from a casual glance. The pistol retains a checkered slide stop, correct for this period, with serrated slide stops becoming prevalent in the 1,XXX,XXX range. A really lovely and crisp Remington Rand 1911A1 in outstanding condition made at the height of World War II.

From the Collection of Vern Gregg

This lot is located in Cincinnati.