Remington Rand autos

[zeeker]

Does anyone know what finishes were on the Remington Rand model 1911 A1 US ARMY.

[exitwounds]

Remington Rand 916,405 to about 995,000: Du-Lite blue over a very fine sand blasted surface. The whole pistol appears to be a flat blue gray color. Small parts are blue or sandblasted blued.
Remington Rand 995,000 end of production: Parkerized, also some sand-blasted blued are intermixed during the early production (upto 1,020,000). All small parts parkerized.

[zeeker]

I have one #2424*** that someone chrome plated,must have been several yrs. ago, what a shame. The pistol is very tight ,shoots great & all the mkings match. thanks for the info though

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I have one #2424*** that someone chrome plated,must have been several yrs. ago, what a shame. The pistol is very tight ,shoots great & all the mkings match. thanks for the info though

Unfortunately, that is not one of the original finishes, and was probably done in the 80's or prior when alot of surplus pistols were sold cheaply. Visit www.coolgunsite.com 1911 Gallery or www.model1911a1.com to view examples of military finish weapons.

[Johnny Peppers]

Late in production Remington Rand changed something in their phosphate finish and the late pistols are a very slate grey with darker small parts.

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Late in production Remington Rand changed something in their phosphate finish and the late pistols are a very slate grey with darker small parts.

You are right, seems like most after the late 2.3m range appear that way. :)