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AntiqueDr

njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
edited October 2001 in Ask the Experts
You really know your 1911's, so maybe you can help me with mine. It is a 1911A1 Remington Rand, parkerized, with clear plastic grips and white material under them. It apparently was made in 1943 from the serial number and has the P on the receiver and the frame. It also has the initials on it at the magazine release. The unusual thing about it, other than the grips, is that it has the crossed canons symbol of the US Navy on it on the right side of the frame up near the hammer. I know that it is just as it was when it was brought home after the war. All originial, including the magazine. Could it have been one of those made for certain Naval officers? I appreciate any help you might be on this question. A family member, who was an officer (I didn't know him) in the Navy, brought it home after the war and it came to me through the family.
Guns don't kill people, it's the bullets, stupidI am the NRA, the KABA, NJ Area Rep for the 2ampd, and the AARP :(njretcop@copmail.com
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sounds like he might have had the grips made up by a ships' machinist from plexiglas used on aircraft windshields. In the Army, even General Officers draw their weapons from "Ordnance Major Items". If it had military markings it had to have been issued as a standard pistol.
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    v35: You know, you might be right, they do look like plexiglas. I have never removed them to examine them closer. Thanks for the info.
    Guns don't kill people, it's the bullets, stupidI am the NRA, the KABA, NJ Area Rep for the 2ampd, and the AARP :(njretcop@copmail.com
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