My 1943 RR arrived today. My first GI 1911A1 and first 1911A1 period I've ever owned. I'am very pleased with the guns appearance and it certainly looks like its original finish to me. I'd say about 95%+. I will be posting some pictures of the gun and its parts in a day or so when I get a chance as I would like your opinion on the gun if its original or not. The barrel that came with the gun is not, that I know but I have acquired a HS barrel for it in excellant condition. Until I post the pictures I have a couple questions; The thumb safety and hammer are checkered and the mainspring housing is serrated. Is that correct for a 1943 RR? The feed ramp of the pistol appears to be milled and not polished or parked but there seems to be a dark area on the left and right side of the ramp? I will be using DSK's website tonight to do a function test and then I am going to attempt to dis-assemble the gun and give it a good cleaning. I've never taken a 1911 apart before, should I try this myself the first time or should I get someone who's done it before to show me first? I have a Wolf spring kit coming to replace all the springs prior to shooting the gun but its not arrived yet.
On a side note I live in Syracuse NY, birthplace of all Remington Rand's including my pistol and drove over to Dickerson Street where the RR factory was located. Its in a old industrial area on the west side but theres nothing left of the old factory far as I can tell. The streets still there though. I'am doing some more research on RR here in Syracuse and would love to bring my pistol back to the site of the factory(if it still exists)just to make it a round trip for the pistol after all its travels.
On a side note I live in Syracuse NY, birthplace of all Remington Rand's including my pistol and drove over to Dickerson Street where the RR factory was located. Its in a old industrial area on the west side but theres nothing left of the old factory far as I can tell. The streets still there though. I'am doing some more research on RR here in Syracuse and would love to bring my pistol back to the site of the factory(if it still exists)just to make it a round trip for the pistol after all its travels.
