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Remington Rand 1911 A1

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csmkersh
RR got into the 1911 making business in 1942 with a government contract. They had zero experience in that endeavor and promptly set up an new division to build them. Another company with no experience in firearms was also given a contract to build 1911s for the war effort; Singer Sewing Machine. Then there was Utica, High Standard and maybe a couple of others.

A friend of mine got a High Standard through the NRA/CMP program. I missed a chance on a Singer at O'Bar's Guns here in SA years back. The Army issued me a Utica and a Colt at different times.

Those were the days.
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Doughboy said:
csmkersh,

How many Singer .45 pistols were actually built, IF you know?
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Sorry about the slow response. Singer made 500 but their contract was for about 20,000. When Singer gave up they "gave" the contract to Remington to complete.
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I stirred so stuff at Hood with the German officers attending triple A school. We were lined up for noon chow when the Germans tried to cut the line. An E7/SFC told them to go to the back off the line. Their leader said they had to be back in class at 1300. I replied so did we, get to the back of the line. Guess he'd never seen a POed feldweble before. :rolleyes:
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