Remington Rand - part out ?

[stup]

Hi all, this is my first post, so please bear with my ignorance of 1911's.

As part of a trade a while ago I received what appears to be a mainly WWII 1911 A1. It consists of a Remington Rand slide with WWII small parts with the exception of the following: frame, mainspring housing, possibly slide release.

The finish on, what I believe to be, the WWII era parts seems original, based on browsing the pictures on this site.

It's almost as though someone either repaired a damaged original gun with an aluminum frame, or completed a surplus parts kit with the same.

As I'm more of a low price collector of oddities, I can't afford to find a correct frame and it's non-originality bothers me. I'm considering replacing the frame with a modern steel one, (it functions fine), trading it in against a modern GI spec 1911, or parting it out.

Is there any demand for the original parts ? I collect some of the lower end WW I & WW II guns and I'm always on the lookout, but have no idea if there's a similar demand for 1911 components.

Any comments or suggestions gratefully received.

Stu

[pa_guns]

Hi

Welcome !!!

A lot depends on how much you have in the pistol. The slide might be worth a couple hundred bucks. The rest of the parts might add a hundred to that.

Bob

[stup]

Hi Bob, thanks for the comments, just the kind of feedback I needed. I'm not too worried about the money, (although it always comes in handy !). I'm as concerned that I don't do anything 'foolish' with parts that a collector might want.

I'd very much like to add a correct 1911 A1 to my small WWII collection, (hence pondering one of the modern "GI spec" pistols), but, like a number of other famous guns, demand has driven one out of my reach :(

[pa_guns]

Hi

A "mix master" WWII 1911 should be available for $500 to $800.

Bob