Thought I'd share some photos of a recent find. It's a 1944 Remington Rand that doesn't appear to have been fired much. I've decided to not fire it at all, as much as I want to.

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Very nice, a fine piece of American history!


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real nice shooter! Cleanest example I have ever seen!

Why do you not want to shoot it? It's worth about $1000 whether you shoot it 400 times or leave it on a pillow. They were made very durable and are reliable, but most are accurate to about 24 " at 50 feet.

Well, because its in almost unused condition. Its over 70 yeats old and a piece of history. I have a brand new Colt 1911 to shoot, I dont need to put any wear on this one. It's not about monetary value to me, its just about keeping a fine example of a WWII .45 in the condition its in.

Most of the time when they are in that condition they have been refinished some where along in there life.

Very few military guns have not been refinished at least once.

Boy, I hope not. I'll have a gunsmith I know that has a lot of experience with military weapons look at it and see if he can spot whether it's been refinished or not.

I have Dads Remington-Rand that he carried as an aircrew gun. He had it nickle plated for use in the Pacific.

Its good for about 2"@50ft.

Nice. I've got one almost as nice that I inherited from my father in law, I've shot it several times and won't hesitate to continue, but that's a personal choice. In my mind, unless exceedingly rare or fragile, guns are made to shoot.

Think it's worth considerably more than $1,000.00 in that condition.

Great pictures xseabee! I shot a couple of Remington-Rand 1911A1s when I was a young tanker in the Army, maybe an Ithaca too.

I have one just as nice. I took it to a dealer friend of mine who is very knowledgeable on them and he appraised it at $1800. I watched him sell one just as nice for that price while we were talking. Mine was cherry picked by an Uncle in WW2(AAF). I would have it looked at for value, and like you, I don't feel the need to shoot it much anymore.

Re-finish, IMHO, not "green" enough for a Remington Rand which, all the ones I ever saw, weren't that "too grey" shade.

If it is a rework, I somewhat suspect it is.. Then the Re work stamps would be on the other side on frame wouldn't it??

If it were me and I wanted a shooter. I would sell for the best price and buy a much better stainless Ruger 1911 if I wanted a 1911. for half the price

and have money left over