And the slide release
Remington .45 1911 WWII issue Chrome and Ivory
Hello everyone,
Im new to the board and want to see if anyone can help me figure out exactly whats going on with a gun my grandfather left me. I have a WWII issue .45 1911 that is chrome with ivory handle. I cant find another one like it anywhere. My grandfather passed away several years back, so I have no way of finding out how he obtained the gun. I read an old post on a different board that said they didnt make them in chrome, but then corrected themselves and said they did however make several for high ranking officers. My pops would not have spent the money to have it done aftermarket, but there is a chance it could have been done before he came into possession. i dont know how to look up the gun via serial number so maybe someone on here can help.
Im new to the board and want to see if anyone can help me figure out exactly whats going on with a gun my grandfather left me. I have a WWII issue .45 1911 that is chrome with ivory handle. I cant find another one like it anywhere. My grandfather passed away several years back, so I have no way of finding out how he obtained the gun. I read an old post on a different board that said they didnt make them in chrome, but then corrected themselves and said they did however make several for high ranking officers. My pops would not have spent the money to have it done aftermarket, but there is a chance it could have been done before he came into possession. i dont know how to look up the gun via serial number so maybe someone on here can help.
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Because Remington UMC didn’t make any WWII M1911A1. UMC M1911 are fairly rare.Just curious, how did you know it was an RR before any pics or serial number were posted?
It was your grandfather’s. That alone should make the gun very special.fair enough. i was hoping it was something special. ill put it back in the gun cabinet for another 40 years.
Polished chrome or nickel was an extremely popular finish for handguns prior to the 1980s when suddenly everything had to be tactical. Prior to that it was often hard to sell flat grey/green military guns because nobody wanted them. Look at all those hundreds of thousands of M1903 and M1917 rifles that were "sporterized" over the years with fancy walnut stocks, polished finished and cut-down barrels. Now of course things are reversed and you can't give those sporterized guns away, as everyone wants a clean original.
1saxman ---------- I knew because the title of the post says Remington.
It was your Pop’s so it’s super special regardless the story—it still has its own story and a place in your family’s history!fair enough. i was hoping it was something special. ill put it back in the gun cabinet for another 40 years.
Good sense of humor. you'll need one on this site.
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the thingy that you put the "bullets" in is called a cartridge case...the thingy that you put the cartridges in (for this firearm) is called a "magazine" 😁Hopefully you mean the magazine is chrome too.
Grumpy
It shore is purty, tho
My grandpa once told me, "Magazines aren't worth a hoot because they're too slick, use newspapers instead." Took a couple years before that sunk in.He done tole y'all wut a magazine is in Alabama...
Grumpy
Omg.My grandpa once told me, "Magazines aren't worth a hoot because they're too slick, use newspapers instead." Took a couple years before that sunk in.
Grumpy
Ok. I used to work with a guy who grew up on a 40's farm.
He said you could take the outhouse-supplied Sears and Roebuck catalogue and toss it ten feet into the air, where it would land face-up... open to the women's panty section 10/10.
If that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass.
Hey, @Slippery Pete
You still here?
You still here?
Seems like it was a thing in the 50’s thru 70’s to have old guns chrome finished. I have an old sharps 4 barrel pistol that belonged to my family back in the 1880’s. The gun was used to shoot hogs on their Ohio farm. Back in the late 50’s my grandfather had it chromed, brass frame and all. My Dad said grandpa was so proud of the gun and would bring it out and show friends who came over. Different era thats all.
I'll say clip when people are talking about their bore diameter or their Series 70 Tisas.
I Wanna Bigger Clip
I shoot IDPA ESP with a 9mm Colt or SA. Therefore, I have to manipulate a Barney Mag to get to the regulation "division capacity" of 10+1 to start a stage. A nominal 11 shot magazine would save that monkey motion and let me Load And Make Ready like the double stack guys do, with an extra...
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Pete :Hello everyone,
Im new to the board and want to see if anyone can help me figure out exactly whats going on with a gun my grandfather left me. I have a WWII issue .45 1911 that is chrome with ivory handle. I cant find another one like it anywhere. My grandfather passed away several years back, so I have no way of finding out how he obtained the gun. I read an old post on a different board that said they didnt make them in chrome, but then corrected themselves and said they did however make several for high ranking officers. My pops would not have spent the money to have it done aftermarket, but there is a chance it could have been done before he came into possession. i dont know how to look up the gun via serial number so maybe someone on here can help.
you have a very nice refinished Rand in Chrome plated finish these Finishes started in the 1950’s they were a choice to be used over a re-blue and or Reparkerized finish Chrome was used because it would be more forgiving to fill in Rust spots in the slide or frame plus its was way easier to get done back in the 50’s & 60’s
there is gunsmiths that can do electrolysis to remove the chrome and can do a Reparkerized finish.
To my knowledge the only Rand pistols that could of be factory chrome plated would have been some of their presentation pistols that were made after all army contracts were cancelled after VJ Day which were so very rare.
Their Serial numbers would start with a 3 digit number.
Remember the war was over and these were made with left over parts.
your pistol is clearly a war production model and I am sure it has seen service
thank you for sharing!
It seems you had a awesome Grandpa !
enjoy it
Great memory my friend.Agree buffed and plated after some use and wear.
The "ivory" grips are Franzite plastic as used to be popular.
The Franzite white plastic grips was a 1950s, 1960s thing.
Was your grandfather a Veteran?fair enough. i was hoping it was something special. ill put it back in the gun cabinet for another 40 years.
On another website a young man wanted to know about his grandfather who had passed and had been a Marine in Korea. Everyone else was thinking Korean War 1950-1953. Actually he was in Korea with me in 1978. I remember because he was smoking cigarettes with a few other Marines and they caught the Motor Transport Fueling Area on fire injuring themselves.
No, I knew it was some sort of plastic but I had to blow up the picture enough to read the medallion.Great memory my friend.
Years ago a Vietnam vet friend here in Maine showed me a .45 just like that. He said he bought it in the rod & gun club on base and had it chromed after the fact.
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