Has all the information about different markings, serial numbers, changes to various small parts, on the different manufacturers. But even if the parts numbers don't match, they're still a hoot to shoot.įrom a collector standpoint, ya really gotta know what you're looking at.Īs an homage to the Singer 1911A1's I converted one of my sewing machines to 50cal.Ī good online source of information about the war production 1911A1s is "Ty's Coolgunsite". Since the main point of manufacture was interchangeability of parts, lots of parts got.interchanged. I think Remington Rand made a buttload of them, as well as Argentina. When the Singer Sewing Machine Company Built the Best. The Singer sewing machine company made about 500 of them. You can go down a rabbit hole to follow all of the manufacturers. I've wanted one of those for years, WWII or earlier. The original must have really messed up or the armorer went crazy. The frame is RR with serial number around the beginning/middle of 1944, the slide is a type 2, the trigger appears to be milled (Colt?), hammer is RR type 2, slide stop is serrated circa '43-45, barrel is Colt and the magazine is Risdon for Colt i.e. I probably carried a Colt but this one brings back the memories.Īfter some searching around, it appears I have a franken gun. Since I carried one briefly in VN, it means something to me. Still, it appears to be in reasonably good shape. So, all the parts are from the same era, this appears to be a refurbished 1911A1. I am now the owner of a 1916 DWM Luger, a 1934 Mauser 32 cal pocket pistol with holster, a Victory S&W 38 and now a Remington Rand 1911A1.įrom what I can tell and have been told is that the frame was from early 1944, The slide is a type II and the barrel was made by Colt. He managed to grab a couple of AR15's and 1911's. Most of the weapons were tossed into the ocean. As they were boarding the ship they had to get rid of their weapons. He said it was very chaotic since the people wanted to get out of the country. The ship he was on was evacuating ARVN civilians and soldiers. During the Vietnam war he was on ships that supplied supplies to the US forces. It appears I have become an accidental collector of vintage war pistols.
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