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Remington Rand 1911A1 with 1945 manufacture date

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Need a bit of help here on a Remington Rand 1911A1 with 1945 manufacture date. Would like to know what magazine would be the proper one for this pistol? Is it the "two tone" variety I've seen?

Any and all help is appreciated.

And if you know where I might could get the proper magazine, I'd appreciate that as well.

Thanks again!




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  • nmyers
    No, it would have been issued with a full blue WWII contract mag.

    The "best" one would have a G (General Shaver Div of RR) on the top of the lip & spot welded up the back of the mag. Possibly used were S marked mags (Scovill) & R marked (Risdon); if a mag has one of these letters plus a C-(letter) on the bottom of the lip, it was made for Colt.

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  • Rafter-S
    There are folks here who are much more knowledgeable on this subject than I, but since there are no replies so far, I will give it a shot:

    The military Remington Rands I've seen had plain, blue magazines without any markings. The proper replacement magazine would be blue with a mil spec number stamped on the floor plate.

    2-tone mags were for much earlier Colt autos.

    Rafter-S
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  • njretcop
    The "R" magazine (stamped on the top of the toe) is correct for the Remington Rand.

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    Charlie
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  • madmarc0
    Late Remington Rand magazines were usually marked on the front toe of the upper side and did have the letters L R S etc.... L is for Litle mfg. Co. R is Risdon and S was Scoville there also was an A for American Pin Co. All of these companies made magazines for WW2 guns and they were all contract manufacturers so your gun could have come with a mag from most of them. The G marked mag was for General Shaver Co. a division of Remington Rand but get this..... Remington Rands were never issued with them! However, they were made as armory replacement mags. so they would be correct for your gun.
    Any full blued WW2 vintage mag should do and would be correct.

    There are many folks right here on Gunbroker who sell them, just do a search for 1911 magazines.

    The magazines with no marking usually were made and used on Colt guns, and there were contract mags also made for those guns with a base stamping of C-S C-L etc. those were for Colt guns.

    Hope this helps....somewhat!


    I measured it and cut it twice, and it's still too short!
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  • 5db
    Thanks guys!

    Now that I know what I'm looking for, I'll go looking!

    Thanks again.

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  • vicg1
    I've got one of these... great pistol! I've often read the GI 45's aren't accurate because of "slop"... to this I say BS. This RR 45 I've got is incredibly accurate. Enjoy it!



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