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  • rufe-snow
    It's real nice looking pistol, no doubt about that. Unless you had accompanying documentation to substantiate that it was awarded to a Camp Perry winner,though? It just a story nothing more. The eleventh commandment of gun collecting, kicks in here. You buy a gun on the basis of condition and collectability, not on the story that comes with it.
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  • lcdrdanr
    Makes you wonder how extensive his 30 year collection of NM pistols is if true:

    "I have been collecting NM Pistols for 30 years and this is the only one I've ever seen."

    Dan R
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  • perry shooter
    Hello The military National match Pistols were made From Mostly WW II military RACK frames with special Match barrels sights and bushings.
    There is a Great book by Bill Jenkins I need to go to work now but will Edit this post tonight . Pistols were used as Prize at Camp Perry as well as sold there . More information to come. Cheers Karl.
    Edit Well guys I know more but also have more questions. Fact this is a 1945 built frame if serial # is 2230866 it is a Reming Rand frame. If it is 2x30866 It could have been Colt or Remington Rand. Real close to last production.The barrel was used on national match pistols built from 1963 until 1968 THE last of the national match program. The Kensight was only used on 1967 & 1968 NATIONAL MATCH PISTOLS all NATIONAL match built pistols SHOULD have serial number of frame also on barrel and Slide & bushing. to keep the fitted parts from getting mismatch during team Cleaning.This seller says nothing about parts having serial numbers stamped on them. Let me say that after 1968 gun control law was passed the Military Natiol Match program was terminated. At that time the remaining parts went directly to the military marksmanship programs
    Quantico and Fort Benning along with other teams. This pistol if built in 1967 or 1968 Should have a slide marked 7791435 made by colt The RIA marks look correct on the frame LARGE MARK again 1967 1968 However all military built National Match pistols were PARKERIZED
    as far as many books on the subject have stated . So in my opinion
    and this is just an opinion "NEVER SAY NEVER"This pistol has a slide that was surfaced ground to allow a refinish to smooth Blued finish The marks were either ground off on purpose Because it did not have drawing number 7791435 or these marks were just a result of the refinish.the gripping grooves look like a series 70 civilian pistol. Yes pistols have been given to Perry Shooters . I attended 1972-2005 and never have seen one that looked like this one but don't really know what they were like before 1972 or after 2005 I do have a 1965 built" National Match pistol " the only year with a H&R barrel being correct. It was purchased at Camp Perry that year . I bough it years later from my friend I met at Perry . I was 14 days from going to Camp perry that year as new shooter on 25TH division Pistol but got orders for Vietnam. I have a Top half of a NATIONAL MATCH pistol in the white that was never built into a pistol with all the correct numbers on Slide Barrel Bushing and correct sights if someone wants to build their own National Match. All you need is a GI frame.[:I]
    EDIT II just looked at my list of all shooters 1972 "MY FIRST YEAR" winner BONNIE D HARMON Second place Donald L HAMILTON Bothof these guys won from the early 1960's and later. Both names match 2 of the three letters on the grip but not all three [:0]
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  • He Dog
    Quick and dirty, the serial does not appear to fall into the USG range.
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  • iceracerx
    2380014-2619013 Remington Rand (1945).

    The numbers on the bushing and barrel are part #'s




    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    Quick and dirty, the serial does not appear to fall into the USG range.
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  • Hawk Carse
    It sure looks like a 1968 NM except with commercial grade blue finish to look nicer as a prize than the usual Parkerizing.
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  • Herschel
    I fired in the High Power National Matches in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The pistol matches had been held prior to my arrival each year so I saw no presentation pistols. I do recall M1 Rifles on display as trophies for some of the match winners. They had an extremely shiny black finish that looked similar to the finish on Colt Python's of that era. This suggests to me that trophy pistols would have a much nicer finish than the parkerized service pistols.
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