1911A1 Remington Rand

Edward Tinker · 05-04-2004, 10:40 AM

My Grandfather (being retired military), was very interested in these ole 45's, and he kept asking me if they were coming up for sale. They never were...

I know that up to the first Gulf War, that 45's were sent over to the gulf, and 9mm's switched over. I believe a few were liberated then, but I never heard of any for sale.

One of those rumors I bet, as I heard lots of civilians ask if they were coming up for sale. In fact, there was a gov't 45 for sale a couple of years ago, and the guy said a friend of his had bought it from the military during the swtich over (which took about 10 years). So unless some depot level screwed up and released them, I think people say they bought it, when in reality it was stolen. And boy, when a weapon, ANY weapon turns up missing, they literally have the entire unit locked down until it turns up. There was a unit in Fort Lewis that lost a pistol, and the unit was locked down from Friday until past Monday when it was "found" in a garbage can in a laundry room.

Ed

05-04-2004, 10:40 AM	#13
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	My Grandfather (being retired military), was very interested in these ole 45's, and he kept asking me if they were coming up for sale. They never were... I know that up to the first Gulf War, that 45's were sent over to the gulf, and 9mm's switched over. I believe a few were liberated then, but I never heard of any for sale. One of those rumors I bet, as I heard lots of civilians ask if they were coming up for sale. In fact, there was a gov't 45 for sale a couple of years ago, and the guy said a friend of his had bought it from the military during the swtich over (which took about 10 years). So unless some depot level screwed up and released them, I think people say they bought it, when in reality it was stolen. And boy, when a weapon, ANY weapon turns up missing, they literally have the entire unit locked down until it turns up. There was a unit in Fort Lewis that lost a pistol, and the unit was locked down from Friday until past Monday when it was "found" in a garbage can in a laundry room. Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV