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But I do not believe it was ever installed on a pistol. Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin. For sale is my Remington Rand 1911 A1 in Excellent condition.
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t On the right side it's marked SA 10-66 with a serial number of 2520814. It's all original and correct with 94-95% parkerized finish remaining. Close-up of Remington Rand Type 2 slide markings. Bore is good with minor frosting in grooves. The company had no experience building pistols at the time it was awarded the contract. Seems to have all the correct markings although the serial number is not quite "even", that is, not neatly lined up. Action Type: Single Action Semi-Auto with Removable Magazine. Worth it? aggressively attempted to innovate Discussion Starter The division formed was designated Remington Rand āCā Division. This lot includes a reproduction brown kraft shipping box.Reference A super nice piece of U.S. This rare pistol is accompanied by a signed letter from Scott Meadows with an excerpt from the Ithaca Gun Company records, regarding the manufacture, history and origin of this pistol. It has the correct WWII contract "HS" marked high standard barrel, late WWII checkered small parts with the correct WWII brown plastic grips with an original WWII, "S" marked blued magazine. Army acceptance markings which would be correct as this example was not formally accepted by the U.S. This example has the standard "factory markings and frame markings of M 1911 A1 U.S. So were these two pistols actually presented by their father to them? Regardless, the significance of the difference between the "XP" serial number range, versus the "IG" range has not been fully determined, however it is clear that there were only "3" such pistols ever made in this range, truly making these examples some of, if not thee rarest of the Ithaca Model 1911A1 pistols.
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Smith, started working for the Ithaca Gun Company in 1934 and all through WWII, until he became Company President in 1955. Records indicate that the eldest son, Charles did serve in WWII as a USAAC Aviator and later became the Vice-President of the Ithaca Gun Company in the mid to late 1950s. Smith were the only two sons of Louis and Harriette Smith, who were the second generation of "Smith's" to own the Ithaca Gun company. An interesting historical note is that both Charles L. Smith" and XP #3 presented to Lieutenant Harry A Carey Jr. In all there were 53 pistols presented by the Ithaca gun company, with the first serial number range, being in the "IG 1-50" with only three pistols produced in the "XP" serial number range ever produced/presented by Ithaca as follows serial number XP #1, presented to "CAPT. These pistols were produced towards the end of WWII, after Ithaca successfully completed their last U.S. This pistol in all respects is an original, as manufactured Model 1911A1 pistol produced by the Ithaca Gun company. Military Automatic Pistols 1920-45" by Scott Meadows. Smith, at the end of WWII, as noted in the excellent book "U.S. This is a truly a unique example of a exceptionally rare WWII Ithaca Model 1911A1 pistol specifically made and presented to CAPT.