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    Smith-Corona

    I saw a post concerning a Smith-Corona 1911 on one of the forums but cannot find it now. I had a Smith-Corona assigned to me as a young Second Lieutenant back in the early 70s. It rattled and clanked when shaken, and had no finish left on it, but shot like a laser beam.

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    Smith Corona is not a known manufacturer of 1911s. Were you maybe thinking of the other typewriter company, Remington Rand?
    Smith Corona made 1903A3 rifles.

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    Jim is correct never was a smith corona 1911.
    For your reference the makers of World War Two era 1911A1’s were:
    Remington Rand ( typewriter company not a gun company-made the largest number)
    Colt
    Ithaca
    Union switch and signal company ( around 55,000)
    Singer ( only 500 )
    Many old soldiers ( no offense - I am one too) mid remember these sorts of things-like the many stories of soldiers claiming they were issued an M16 made by Mattel.
    Also bear in mind by the Vietnam era many of the pistols in stock had been rebuilt multiple times and while the makers name was on the slide did not appear on the frame, so often someone will say they carried a Ithaca when in reality the slide was Ithaca but the frame was another maker

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    Quote Originally Posted by MajorD View Post
    Jim is correct never was a smith corona 1911.

    Many old soldiers ( no offense - I am one too) mid remember these sorts of things-like the many stories of soldiers claiming they were issued an M16 made by Mattel.
    I really think that's an urban (or Internet) legend. I was in Vietnam in 1968. I was issued an M16 that was the first run -- I don't think the ones we had back then even had the forward assist handle. The ones we had were the ones that didn't have chrome-lined chambers, and that were notorious for jamming up -- as I experienced first-hand. I don't think any of us believed the rifles were made by Mattel. We knew they were Colts. But Mattel was selling a toy copy of the M16, and the joke was that the Mattel toys were more reliable than the ones we were issued.
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