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318is_Parabellum · 01-10-2014, 11:12 PM

My affliction for collecting firearms is most certainly not limited to Lugers! Here are my (so far) 2 GI 1911's.

Twice re-arsenaled Remington Rand with Colt hammer and checkered mainspring housing, early 1943 production (AFAIK).

The other is a WW1 Remington UMC frame with an Ithaca slide from WW2. Was modified 'back in the day' into a "bullseye" type pistol -- 'hogged out' ejection port, target sights and stippling. Original WW1 trigger. A really sweet shooter. Wish I could find a parked Remington UMC slide for it, but I do enjoy it 'as is'.

Correct, original 1911a1's have gotten extremely expensive, these certainly aren't 'top drawer', but they still have value, and most importantly to me, they've both 'been there'. The 'mixmaster' Remington UMC is early enough to have made it to France (s/n 81xx)...the fact that it was re-arsenaled for WW2 tells me that it most likely didn't just sit in an arms room, unissued...

The second pic is more a vanity shot..."the pen and the sword", if you will. Typewriter is a 1941 Remington Rand...

I've also a Colt WW1 commemorative 2nd Battle of the Marne 1911 pistol with the lovely royal blue finish. I put a set of cocobolo 'double diamond' grips with the little gold-colored Colt medallion on the gun. Very fun to shoot, makes for a great 'barbecue gun' when I'm shooting handguns with friends!

CJS57 · 01-11-2014, 07:59 AM

Early Remington's used Colt hammers and other Colt parts so yours may have come originally with those parts. That one looks very decent, sometimes the arsenals passed a good gun along without refinishing.

Maestro · 01-11-2014, 11:16 AM

it's hard to resist GI 1911's

318is_Parabellum · 01-11-2014, 03:59 PM

"Jelly" (Jealous, as the kids say today)!

Love the Colt 1911. I have Colt 1911 s/n 243xxx on layaway as we speak. It was nickel-plated, but it looks like it wasn't buffed hardly at all (edges not too rounded off, etc.), and IIRC, all markings are present... Thinking very seriously about having the plating removed and getting it refinished if something close to the original finish can be applied.

Here are a couple of pics of my WW1 commemorative. As an interesting side note, this pistol is (with the replacement grips) almost identical to one owned by Elvis Presley! Thus I call this one: "The King"!

318is_Parabellum · 01-11-2014, 04:09 PM

One interesting thing about "the mixmaster" Rem UMC is that when it went through the re-arsenal process, RIA apparently stamped the frame "M1911 US Army". I have seen this stamping previously on another RIA re-arsenal 1911, somewhere (I don't remember which site).

Here is mine:

rhuff · 01-11-2014, 04:36 PM

What is not to like about these old warhorses? They did what they were designed to do for years and years. If they could only talk, what a tale they could tell. I own a Colt 1914 1911, and a 1943 Colt 1911A1 "lend lease" model. I love to shoot them, and I load some "soft" loads so as not to crack a slide or frame.

Maestro · 01-11-2014, 10:12 PM

Jason, be careful not to get addicted to these

318is_Parabellum · 01-11-2014, 11:12 PM

Already lusting for one! I have a good friend with a very early 1903, s/n 1500 or thereabouts, but he bulged the barrel and broke the bushing shooting Wolf ammo (squib)

Wolf is ok for an AK, but in a 100 year old piece of history?

What a dumbass.

Sergio Natali · 01-12-2014, 08:55 AM

While I agree with Richard, I'd like to thank Jason, as I'm afflicted by the same bug as well!

I used to collect 1911, until a few years ago when I came to the conclusion that mine perhaps wasn't really a "collection"; a collection should be made by "extremely scarce items", a gun is not that scarce if you can find it in a gunshop after all.

I don't know maybe I'm going through an "identity crisis" as a collector, maybe a collector is only who manages to find Herman Goering's P 08, or Gen Patton S&W ?

DavidJayUden · 01-12-2014, 09:00 AM

You guys need to give up on being "collectors". I realized long ago that I am merely an "accumulator" of guns that peak my interest at the moment.
dju

318is_Parabellum · 01-12-2014, 10:42 AM

Well..."Collector" sounds so much better than say, "obsessive accumulator of firearms"!

My focus tends toward military issue weapons (handguns and rifles) of the US and Germany. Insofar as Germany is concerned, my focus is WW1 and WW2. Insofar as the US is concerned, my focus has been WW1 through the Desert Storm era.

In some cases, (Lugers, High Powers, 1911/1911a1's), I have multiple examples.

Fortunately, also (convenient excuse for the wife unit), they make for good investments!

It's probably just as well that I can't afford NFA toys, as I'd love to have an MP40, Thompson, .30 cal Browning, MG 34 & MG 42, etc., etc.!

Maestro · 01-12-2014, 12:37 PM

I feel your pain

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/collector

Quote:

Collector: a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, etc., as a hobby or investment.

Sergio Natali · 01-12-2014, 02:31 PM

Thanks Jason

Long ago I used to eat, sleep, and breathe Colt 1911's

But now perhaps "obsessive accumulator of firearms" is a very good description of me I'm afraid! :-)

rhuff · 01-12-2014, 05:15 PM

Soooooo many wonderful guns.....so little time(and money!).

01-10-2014, 11:12 PM	#1
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	Submitted for your approval... My affliction for collecting firearms is most certainly not limited to Lugers! Here are my (so far) 2 GI 1911's. Twice re-arsenaled Remington Rand with Colt hammer and checkered mainspring housing, early 1943 production (AFAIK). The other is a WW1 Remington UMC frame with an Ithaca slide from WW2. Was modified 'back in the day' into a "bullseye" type pistol -- 'hogged out' ejection port, target sights and stippling. Original WW1 trigger. A really sweet shooter. Wish I could find a parked Remington UMC slide for it, but I do enjoy it 'as is'. Correct, original 1911a1's have gotten extremely expensive, these certainly aren't 'top drawer', but they still have value, and most importantly to me, they've both 'been there'. The 'mixmaster' Remington UMC is early enough to have made it to France (s/n 81xx)...the fact that it was re-arsenaled for WW2 tells me that it most likely didn't just sit in an arms room, unissued... The second pic is more a vanity shot..."the pen and the sword", if you will. Typewriter is a 1941 Remington Rand... I've also a Colt WW1 commemorative 2nd Battle of the Marne 1911 pistol with the lovely royal blue finish. I put a set of cocobolo 'double diamond' grips with the little gold-colored Colt medallion on the gun. Very fun to shoot, makes for a great 'barbecue gun' when I'm shooting handguns with friends! Attached Thumbnails Last edited by 318is_Parabellum; 01-11-2014 at 04:06 PM. Reason: s/n info for Rem UMC, add R side pic

01-11-2014, 11:16 AM	#3
Maestro User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: "Where the streets have no names" Posts: 504 Thanks: 192 Thanked 200 Times in 136 Posts	it's hard to resist GI 1911's Attached Thumbnails

01-11-2014, 03:59 PM	#4
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	"Jelly" (Jealous, as the kids say today)! Love the Colt 1911. I have Colt 1911 s/n 243xxx on layaway as we speak. It was nickel-plated, but it looks like it wasn't buffed hardly at all (edges not too rounded off, etc.), and IIRC, all markings are present... Thinking very seriously about having the plating removed and getting it refinished if something close to the original finish can be applied. Here are a couple of pics of my WW1 commemorative. As an interesting side note, this pistol is (with the replacement grips) almost identical to one owned by Elvis Presley! Thus I call this one: "The King"! Attached Thumbnails

01-11-2014, 04:09 PM	#5
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	One interesting thing about "the mixmaster" Rem UMC is that when it went through the re-arsenal process, RIA apparently stamped the frame "M1911 US Army". I have seen this stamping previously on another RIA re-arsenal 1911, somewhere (I don't remember which site). Here is mine: Attached Images Last edited by 318is_Parabellum; 01-11-2014 at 04:34 PM. Reason: add pic of stamping

01-11-2014, 10:12 PM	#7
Maestro User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: "Where the streets have no names" Posts: 504 Thanks: 192 Thanked 200 Times in 136 Posts	Jason, be careful not to get addicted to these Attached Thumbnails

01-11-2014, 07:59 AM	#2
CJS57 User Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 224 Thanks: 0 Thanked 81 Times in 41 Posts	Early Remington's used Colt hammers and other Colt parts so yours may have come originally with those parts. That one looks very decent, sometimes the arsenals passed a good gun along without refinishing.

01-11-2014, 04:36 PM	#6
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,270 Thanks: 2,686 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	What is not to like about these old warhorses? They did what they were designed to do for years and years. If they could only talk, what a tale they could tell. I own a Colt 1914 1911, and a 1943 Colt 1911A1 "lend lease" model. I love to shoot them, and I load some "soft" loads so as not to crack a slide or frame.

01-11-2014, 11:12 PM	#8
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	Already lusting for one! I have a good friend with a very early 1903, s/n 1500 or thereabouts, but he bulged the barrel and broke the bushing shooting Wolf ammo (squib) Wolf is ok for an AK, but in a 100 year old piece of history? What a dumbass. Last edited by 318is_Parabellum; 01-11-2014 at 11:53 PM. Reason: 'cause grammar and stuff

01-12-2014, 08:55 AM	#9
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	While I agree with Richard, I'd like to thank Jason, as I'm afflicted by the same bug as well! I used to collect 1911, until a few years ago when I came to the conclusion that mine perhaps wasn't really a "collection"; a collection should be made by "extremely scarce items", a gun is not that scarce if you can find it in a gunshop after all. I don't know maybe I'm going through an "identity crisis" as a collector, maybe a collector is only who manages to find Herman Goering's P 08, or Gen Patton S&W ? __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

01-12-2014, 09:00 AM	#10
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	You guys need to give up on being "collectors". I realized long ago that I am merely an "accumulator" of guns that peak my interest at the moment. dju

01-12-2014, 10:42 AM	#11
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	Well..."Collector" sounds so much better than say, "obsessive accumulator of firearms"! My focus tends toward military issue weapons (handguns and rifles) of the US and Germany. Insofar as Germany is concerned, my focus is WW1 and WW2. Insofar as the US is concerned, my focus has been WW1 through the Desert Storm era. In some cases, (Lugers, High Powers, 1911/1911a1's), I have multiple examples. Fortunately, also (convenient excuse for the wife unit), they make for good investments! It's probably just as well that I can't afford NFA toys, as I'd love to have an MP40, Thompson, .30 cal Browning, MG 34 & MG 42, etc., etc.!

01-12-2014, 02:31 PM	#13
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Thanks Jason Long ago I used to eat, sleep, and breathe Colt 1911's But now perhaps "obsessive accumulator of firearms" is a very good description of me I'm afraid! :-) __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list. Last edited by Sergio Natali; 01-12-2014 at 03:11 PM. Reason: misprinting

01-12-2014, 05:15 PM	#14
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,270 Thanks: 2,686 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	Soooooo many wonderful guns.....so little time(and money!).