Remington 1911 a1 description: remington 1911 a1 in.45 acp cal., with 5' barrel. Condition 85%+. Serial number 1752354. Hi, I have a Remington M1911A1 gun produced in 1943 based on serial number info. This gun was purchased from the Tokyo U.S. Army depot in 1946. I have the original sales paper work from the depot showing the sale of the gun as used with matching serial number. The gun has been in storage since that time and was never used. When Remington Rand did resume production the line from under the 'O' in 'NO' in front of the serial number was removed (see IMAGE at LEFT), this transition started at approximately 955000 and either prefix can be seen as late as serial number 1016000.
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Jun 08, 2015 A and B suffix serial numbers Remington Advertise Here. 'I find man's attempts to 'modernize' the 1911 unattractive and mostly useless.' Not sure what to say or think. Perhaps the 'B' suffix does mean Birmingham? As regards a serial number lookup, Remington Society of America does have some info, but it begins with 1921 and is.
Approximately 20,000 M1911 pistols were manufactured byRemington-UMC.
The Colt Model 1911 and its successors are perhaps the mostsuccessful semiautomatic pistol design in history. Brainchild ofnoted designer John Moses Browning, these legendary pistols havebeen widely copied both in the United States and abroad. A favoriteof competitors and recreational shooters, the M1911 firstestablished its reputation as a military arm, serving as the U.S.Army's standard sidearm for nearly 75 years and seeing action inevery American conflict from the Mexican Punitive Expedition of1916 through Operation Desert Storm. They have also served variouslaw enforcement agencies and continue in that role today, havingrecently been selected for use by the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation's elite Hostage Rescue Team. As famous and ubiquitousas they have since become, the M1911's service life beganmodestly.
On April 24, 1911, the Army placed an initial order with Coltfor 31,344 pistols, and by early 1917, more than 100,000 had beenmanufactured both by Colt and by Springfield Armory under a licenseagreement. Most of these were issued to commissioned andnoncommissioned officers, cavalrymen, and members of machine gun,artillery, and other crew-served weapons units. In addition, about18,000 were procured by the Navy and Marine Corps. Thousands morewere purchased by various foreign governments, while others weresold to U.S. military officers, government officials, or oncommercial markets. Among the M1911s sold during the prewar yearswas a group of approximately 100 pistols purchased throughSpringfield Armory by National Rifle Association Life Members andmembers of N.R.A.-affiliated clubs.
Both Colt- and Springfield Armory-produced examples wereincluded in this program. These pistols carried a purchase price of$16 each, and were stamped with the letters, 'N.R.A.' on the rightside of the frame below the serial number. Earlier governmentpurchases had been sufficient for a peacetime army, but werewoefully inadequate for a world at war. As the possibility loomedof American involvement in the European conflict, the WarDepartment increased its orders for all types of military arms andsupplies. Officials reported that approximately 70,000 M1911s wereavailable for issue to U.S. troops when Congress declared waragainst the Central Powers on April 6, 1917, and the Army'sOrdnance Department soon ordered an additional 500,000 pistols fromColt at a price of $14.50 each. To supplement this purchase, theArmy also placed orders with both Colt and Smith & Wesson for100,000 Model 1917 .45 caliber double-action revolvers.
By the end of the war, more than 250,000 revolvers had beenacquired by the government, and most were issued to officers andtroops in rear areas. Pistols became a much sought-after commodityamong American soldiers as they took their places with the Alliedforces in France. Patrols and trench raids frequently resulted inclose-in or even hand-to-hand fighting between opposing troops.Excelling in both offensive and defensive roles, the rugged,hard-hitting Browning-Colt .45s quickly proved their worth. In oneof the most famous incidents of the war, Sergeant Alvin C. Yorksuccessfully engaged and silenced multiple German machine gun crewswhile armed only with a rifle and an M1911, and less than a weeklater, First Lieutenant Samuel Woodfill performed a similar feat.Both were awarded the Medal of Honor for their gallantry in action.As the war progressed, Army estimates for the number of pistols itrequired were continually revised upward. Due to its success in thetrenches of France, the Army decided to supply the M1911 in greaternumbers to infantry troops.
During October 1917, government orders for the .45 autoloadersreached 765,000, an increase of nearly 60 percent. A criticalsituation arose as demands outstripped both available supplies andproduction efforts. For several reasons, Colt was only able to fillabout 25 percent of its monthly quota for the M1911, and itsbacklog continued to grow. In addition to contracts for thesepistols and for M1917 revolvers, the Hartford armsmaker wasproducing both Vickers and Browning machine guns, as well asBrowning Automatic Rifles, and the company had also agreed torebuild or refurbish thousands of unserviceable .45 pistols andrevolvers in military inventories.
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Production problems were further complicated by shortages ofboth skilled workers and raw materials. Hoping to find an expedientbut temporary solution to this problem, the government appealed tothe public to turn in their commercially purchased Colt GovernmentModel .45 autos for military use. Very few citizens responded tothis call. Faced with a growing shortage and no immediatesolutions, the Army began to investigate the possibility ofexpanding M1911 production by issuing additional contracts to othermanufacturers.
In late 1917 and early 1918, the government approached bothRemington-U.M.C. and Winchester Repeating Arms Co. aboutmanufacturing the M1911. Remington-U.M.C.'s Bridgeport, Connecticutplant was the largest in the United States at that time, andproduction lines at the 1.6 million square-foot complex wereturning out a variety of arms, including M1917 bolt-action riflesand Browning .50 caliber machine guns, as well as M1891Mosin-Nagant rifles for the Russian government. In nearby NewHaven, Winchester also produced M1917 rifles, in addition toBrowning Automatic Rifles and M1897 trench shotguns. Both companiesreceived contracts for 500,000 M1911s. Under terms of theiragreements, pistols manufactured by these two firms were to becompletely interchangeable with those produced by Colt andSpringfield Armory.
Colt provided technical assistance in the form of sample pistolsand production drawings, but problems quickly arose. In addition tonumerous discrepancies, these drawings contained only nominaldimensions and no tolerances. Finding it easier to make their ownblueprints based on measurements obtained from the Colt-producedsample pistols rather than reconcile more than 400 knowndiscrepancies, Remington-U.M.C. created a set of 'salvage drawings'that were later used by other contractors as well. The Armysuspended its contract with Remington-U.M.C. on December 12, 1918,but allowed the company to manufacture additional examples toreduce parts inventories on hand. All told, nearly 22,000 M1911swere delivered to the government before Remington-U.M.C. shut downits production line.
In the summer of 1919, the company turned over its pistolmanufacturing equipment to Springfield Armory, where it was placedin storage until the Second World War. In order to enableWinchester to channel its efforts toward production of otherurgently needed arms, the Chief of Ordnance recommended thatWinchester's contract for the M1911 be transferred elsewhere.Although the company's quota was cut from 500,000 to 100,000, theagreement remained in effect until December 4, 1918. No completedpistols were produced, and Winchester later transferred all partsand assemblies then on hand to Springfield Armory.
In addition to Colt, Remington-U.M.C., and Winchester, the Armyalso issued contracts to several other companies, including NorthAmerican Arms Co. (Quebec, Canada), A. J. Savage Munitions Co. (SanDiego, CA), National Cash Register Co. (Dayton, OH), LanstonMonotype Co. (Philadelphia, PA), Caron Brothers Manufacturing Co.(Montreal, Canada), Savage Arms Co. (Utica, NY), and BurroughsAdding Machine Co. (Detroit, MI). Most of these contracts wereissued during the final three months of the war, and alloutstanding pistol orders were canceled by early 1919. While somewere able to produce parts and assemblies, only Colt,Remington-U.M.C., and North American Arms succeeded inmanufacturing completed pistols. The North American Arms Co., whichwas organized and incorporated on June 28, 1918, secured a contractfrom the U.S. Army to manufacture the M1911 in place of the defunctRoss Rifle Co. of Quebec.
At the outbreak of war in 1914, Ross was producing the CanadianArmy's standard straight-pull rifle, but combat use proved thesearms to be unsatisfactory. Canadian troops switched to British-madeEnfields, and the Ross Rifle Co. eventually went out of business.North American's contract of July 1, 1918, called for theproduction of 500,000 pistols at a price of $15 (U.S.) each, andthe U.S. government agreed to furnish raw materials in return forreimbursement through deductions on invoices for finished pistols.Lacking its own production facilities, North American leased theformer Ross Rifle plant for this purpose.
The Army canceled its contract with North American Arms onDecember 4, 1918, just as the first prototypes were beingassembled. No pistols were delivered to U.S. authorities, butapproximately 100 toolroom samples were produced. These are amongthe rarest of all M1911 pistols in existence. There is muchconflicting information regarding the wartime manufacture of .45auto pistols at Springfield Armory, with some sources indicatingthat as many as 45,000 were produced there in 1918. Prior to U.S.entry into the war, Springfield Armory had produced the M1911 underlicense from Colt, but the M1903 rifle had become Springfield'schief product by 1917.
The armory had no separate facilities for the manufacture ofrifles and pistols, and as demand for rifles rose in the spring of1918, the Ordnance Department approved a request by SpringfieldArmory's commanding officer to convert the plant for rifleproduction. In addition, annual reports from Springfield indicatethat fewer than 2,500 M1911s were produced in 1917, but make nomention of production of completed pistols during the followingyear.
Between May 1917 and October 1918, the government contracted forthe production of more than 2.7 million M1911 pistols. By the war'send, more than 500,000 had been delivered at an average cost of $15each. Although the final tally fell far short of the millions ofpistols ordered by the Army, those that were produced providedAmerican soldiers with an effective close range personal defensearm. Many of these pistols were 'casualties of war,' with somebeing destroyed, lost, or captured, while many thousands more were'appropriated' by the soldiers who used them and then brought themhome as souvenirs of their service abroad. The Armistice did notbring an end to fighting for all U.S. troops.
After Russia signed a separate peace with the Kaiser in early1918, the Allies organized expeditionary forces made up of 100,000troops from 14 countries, including 10,000 Americans, anddispatched them to northern Russia and Siberia, ostensibly tosecure railheads and safeguard stockpiled war materiel againstseizure by German troops. Fighting both hostile Red Army units andtemperatures as low as -60 degrees, more than 700 U.S. troops werekilled or wounded before they were withdrawn in January 1920.
During the final year of what came to be known as the Great War,the Model 1911 saw widespread use in the hands of Americanservicemen, and it was in this conflict that these arms firstcarved a place in the annals of U.S. military history. Among theModel 1911 pistols on display at the National Firearms Museum inFairfax, Virginia are two Colt-produced examples, one of whichbears U.S. Navy markings, and another, featuring ornately-carvedwooden grips, that was carried by a U.S. officer during theSiberian Expedition. Other M1911s in the Museum collection includea Remington-U.M.C. model, a rare Springfield-produced,N.R.A.-marked example, and an equally rare North American Armstoolroom prototype bearing the date, 'December 7, 1918' on theright side of the slide.
Exactly 23 years later, Japanese pilots attacked the U.S.Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. The events of that 'Day of Infamy'brought the United States into the Second World War, a conflict inwhich the legend of the Colt .45 auto would continue to grow.
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Approximately 20,000 M1911 pistols were manufactured byRemington-UMC.
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The Colt Model 1911 and its successors are perhaps the mostsuccessful semiautomatic pistol design in history. Brainchild ofnoted designer John Moses Browning, these legendary pistols havebeen widely copied both in the United States and abroad. A favoriteof competitors and recreational shooters, the M1911 firstestablished its reputation as a military arm, serving as the U.S.Army's standard sidearm for nearly 75 years and seeing action inevery American conflict from the Mexican Punitive Expedition of1916 through Operation Desert Storm. They have also served variouslaw enforcement agencies and continue in that role today, havingrecently been selected for use by the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation's elite Hostage Rescue Team. As famous and ubiquitousas they have since become, the M1911's service life beganmodestly.
On April 24, 1911, the Army placed an initial order with Coltfor 31,344 pistols, and by early 1917, more than 100,000 had beenmanufactured both by Colt and by Springfield Armory under a licenseagreement. Most of these were issued to commissioned andnoncommissioned officers, cavalrymen, and members of machine gun,artillery, and other crew-served weapons units. In addition, about18,000 were procured by the Navy and Marine Corps. Thousands morewere purchased by various foreign governments, while others weresold to U.S. military officers, government officials, or oncommercial markets. Among the M1911s sold during the prewar yearswas a group of approximately 100 pistols purchased throughSpringfield Armory by National Rifle Association Life Members andmembers of N.R.A.-affiliated clubs.
Both Colt- and Springfield Armory-produced examples wereincluded in this program. These pistols carried a purchase price of$16 each, and were stamped with the letters, 'N.R.A.' on the rightside of the frame below the serial number. Earlier governmentpurchases had been sufficient for a peacetime army, but werewoefully inadequate for a world at war. As the possibility loomedof American involvement in the European conflict, the WarDepartment increased its orders for all types of military arms andsupplies. Officials reported that approximately 70,000 M1911s wereavailable for issue to U.S. troops when Congress declared waragainst the Central Powers on April 6, 1917, and the Army'sOrdnance Department soon ordered an additional 500,000 pistols fromColt at a price of $14.50 each. To supplement this purchase, theArmy also placed orders with both Colt and Smith & Wesson for100,000 Model 1917 .45 caliber double-action revolvers.
By the end of the war, more than 250,000 revolvers had beenacquired by the government, and most were issued to officers andtroops in rear areas. Pistols became a much sought-after commodityamong American soldiers as they took their places with the Alliedforces in France. Patrols and trench raids frequently resulted inclose-in or even hand-to-hand fighting between opposing troops.Excelling in both offensive and defensive roles, the rugged,hard-hitting Browning-Colt .45s quickly proved their worth. In oneof the most famous incidents of the war, Sergeant Alvin C. Yorksuccessfully engaged and silenced multiple German machine gun crewswhile armed only with a rifle and an M1911, and less than a weeklater, First Lieutenant Samuel Woodfill performed a similar feat.Both were awarded the Medal of Honor for their gallantry in action.As the war progressed, Army estimates for the number of pistols itrequired were continually revised upward. Due to its success in thetrenches of France, the Army decided to supply the M1911 in greaternumbers to infantry troops.
During October 1917, government orders for the .45 autoloadersreached 765,000, an increase of nearly 60 percent. A criticalsituation arose as demands outstripped both available supplies andproduction efforts. For several reasons, Colt was only able to fillabout 25 percent of its monthly quota for the M1911, and itsbacklog continued to grow. In addition to contracts for thesepistols and for M1917 revolvers, the Hartford armsmaker wasproducing both Vickers and Browning machine guns, as well asBrowning Automatic Rifles, and the company had also agreed torebuild or refurbish thousands of unserviceable .45 pistols andrevolvers in military inventories.
Production problems were further complicated by shortages ofboth skilled workers and raw materials. Hoping to find an expedientbut temporary solution to this problem, the government appealed tothe public to turn in their commercially purchased Colt GovernmentModel .45 autos for military use. Very few citizens responded tothis call. Faced with a growing shortage and no immediatesolutions, the Army began to investigate the possibility ofexpanding M1911 production by issuing additional contracts to othermanufacturers.
In late 1917 and early 1918, the government approached bothRemington-U.M.C. and Winchester Repeating Arms Co. aboutmanufacturing the M1911. Remington-U.M.C.'s Bridgeport, Connecticutplant was the largest in the United States at that time, andproduction lines at the 1.6 million square-foot complex wereturning out a variety of arms, including M1917 bolt-action riflesand Browning .50 caliber machine guns, as well as M1891Mosin-Nagant rifles for the Russian government. In nearby NewHaven, Winchester also produced M1917 rifles, in addition toBrowning Automatic Rifles and M1897 trench shotguns. Both companiesreceived contracts for 500,000 M1911s. Under terms of theiragreements, pistols manufactured by these two firms were to becompletely interchangeable with those produced by Colt andSpringfield Armory.
Colt provided technical assistance in the form of sample pistolsand production drawings, but problems quickly arose. In addition tonumerous discrepancies, these drawings contained only nominaldimensions and no tolerances. Finding it easier to make their ownblueprints based on measurements obtained from the Colt-producedsample pistols rather than reconcile more than 400 knowndiscrepancies, Remington-U.M.C. created a set of 'salvage drawings'that were later used by other contractors as well. The Armysuspended its contract with Remington-U.M.C. on December 12, 1918,but allowed the company to manufacture additional examples toreduce parts inventories on hand. All told, nearly 22,000 M1911swere delivered to the government before Remington-U.M.C. shut downits production line.
In the summer of 1919, the company turned over its pistolmanufacturing equipment to Springfield Armory, where it was placedin storage until the Second World War. In order to enableWinchester to channel its efforts toward production of otherurgently needed arms, the Chief of Ordnance recommended thatWinchester's contract for the M1911 be transferred elsewhere.Although the company's quota was cut from 500,000 to 100,000, theagreement remained in effect until December 4, 1918. No completedpistols were produced, and Winchester later transferred all partsand assemblies then on hand to Springfield Armory.
In addition to Colt, Remington-U.M.C., and Winchester, the Armyalso issued contracts to several other companies, including NorthAmerican Arms Co. (Quebec, Canada), A. J. Savage Munitions Co. (SanDiego, CA), National Cash Register Co. (Dayton, OH), LanstonMonotype Co. (Philadelphia, PA), Caron Brothers Manufacturing Co.(Montreal, Canada), Savage Arms Co. (Utica, NY), and BurroughsAdding Machine Co. (Detroit, MI). Most of these contracts wereissued during the final three months of the war, and alloutstanding pistol orders were canceled by early 1919. While somewere able to produce parts and assemblies, only Colt,Remington-U.M.C., and North American Arms succeeded inmanufacturing completed pistols. The North American Arms Co., whichwas organized and incorporated on June 28, 1918, secured a contractfrom the U.S. Army to manufacture the M1911 in place of the defunctRoss Rifle Co. of Quebec.
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At the outbreak of war in 1914, Ross was producing the CanadianArmy's standard straight-pull rifle, but combat use proved thesearms to be unsatisfactory. Canadian troops switched to British-madeEnfields, and the Ross Rifle Co. eventually went out of business.North American's contract of July 1, 1918, called for theproduction of 500,000 pistols at a price of $15 (U.S.) each, andthe U.S. government agreed to furnish raw materials in return forreimbursement through deductions on invoices for finished pistols.Lacking its own production facilities, North American leased theformer Ross Rifle plant for this purpose.
The Army canceled its contract with North American Arms onDecember 4, 1918, just as the first prototypes were beingassembled. No pistols were delivered to U.S. authorities, butapproximately 100 toolroom samples were produced. These are amongthe rarest of all M1911 pistols in existence. There is muchconflicting information regarding the wartime manufacture of .45auto pistols at Springfield Armory, with some sources indicatingthat as many as 45,000 were produced there in 1918. Prior to U.S.entry into the war, Springfield Armory had produced the M1911 underlicense from Colt, but the M1903 rifle had become Springfield'schief product by 1917.
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The armory had no separate facilities for the manufacture ofrifles and pistols, and as demand for rifles rose in the spring of1918, the Ordnance Department approved a request by SpringfieldArmory's commanding officer to convert the plant for rifleproduction. In addition, annual reports from Springfield indicatethat fewer than 2,500 M1911s were produced in 1917, but make nomention of production of completed pistols during the followingyear.
Between May 1917 and October 1918, the government contracted forthe production of more than 2.7 million M1911 pistols. By the war'send, more than 500,000 had been delivered at an average cost of $15each. Although the final tally fell far short of the millions ofpistols ordered by the Army, those that were produced providedAmerican soldiers with an effective close range personal defensearm. Many of these pistols were 'casualties of war,' with somebeing destroyed, lost, or captured, while many thousands more were'appropriated' by the soldiers who used them and then brought themhome as souvenirs of their service abroad. The Armistice did notbring an end to fighting for all U.S. troops.
After Russia signed a separate peace with the Kaiser in early1918, the Allies organized expeditionary forces made up of 100,000troops from 14 countries, including 10,000 Americans, anddispatched them to northern Russia and Siberia, ostensibly tosecure railheads and safeguard stockpiled war materiel againstseizure by German troops. Fighting both hostile Red Army units andtemperatures as low as -60 degrees, more than 700 U.S. troops werekilled or wounded before they were withdrawn in January 1920.
During the final year of what came to be known as the Great War,the Model 1911 saw widespread use in the hands of Americanservicemen, and it was in this conflict that these arms firstcarved a place in the annals of U.S. military history. Among theModel 1911 pistols on display at the National Firearms Museum inFairfax, Virginia are two Colt-produced examples, one of whichbears U.S. Navy markings, and another, featuring ornately-carvedwooden grips, that was carried by a U.S. officer during theSiberian Expedition. Other M1911s in the Museum collection includea Remington-U.M.C. model, a rare Springfield-produced,N.R.A.-marked example, and an equally rare North American Armstoolroom prototype bearing the date, 'December 7, 1918' on theright side of the slide.
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Exactly 23 years later, Japanese pilots attacked the U.S.Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. The events of that 'Day of Infamy'brought the United States into the Second World War, a conflict inwhich the legend of the Colt .45 auto would continue to grow.
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