From what I have seen it appears that most Type Twos have the No prefix and the serials are stamped before finish.?Ģ: Serial number 925,182, less than 9,000 into production, and Type Two slides are beginning. Also, stamping of the serial number was done after finish beginning about 995,000. This was about serial 955,000 per Clawson and both prefixes are seen almost at random till about the end of Type Two production. One change was from the No with a line under the small o, to NO for the serial number prefix. The line was shut down from mid March through May 1943 and changes were made. 1944 when tests showed interchangeabilty of parts problems. All original WW2 barrels were DuLite blue and Type Two's had mostly High Standard and a few early guns had Springfield supplied barrels. Most will have the Keyes grips without reinforcement rings around the grip screws. Most triggers were stamped but a few early will have milled triggers. Remington Rand continued to use checkered hammers, and thumb safeties throughout production. The checkered small parts continued into Type Two producting including the slide stop and main spring housing but a few may have gotten grooved. Apparently all were also Dulite blue finished like the Type Ones. The Type Two slide logo was about the same size as the Type One logo but New York was now "N.Y.". Early production was mixed with the Type One's with no distinct change over. The Type Two Remington Rands began at about 925,000 serial number and continued until about 1,015,000ish. M1911A1 US ARMY stamping dented the dust cover also. Story is it was picked up on a Pacific island from an officier who no longer needed it and was carried by the Vet for the remainder of the war and then brought home.?Ĩ: 926,270 with milled trigger and unusually thick trigger guard. This one has the stamped trigger which soon became the standard and a cost savings.Ħ and 7: Battle damaged warrior serial number 925,088. Milled trigger.ģ: The checkered parts typical of early Rem Rands on 926,270.Ĥ: Milled trigger present on most Type Ones and in 3 of my 4.ĥ: The No prefix on early RR's, serial 926,402. All Type Ones apparently got early Keyes Grips lacking the reinforcement ring around the screw.ġ and 2: My first Type One which spurred the interest, serial 921,543. They would provide most of the barrels for RR production and all were DuLite blue. High Standard provided barrels on many Type Ones but they were just getting geared up for production. Very early production guns can have parts provided by Colt(barrels, slide stops and grip and thumb safety) and Spring Armory field service parts(barrels and slide stops). Most got early style milled triggers but some got later stamped triggers. They had checkered parts including the mainspring housing, slide stop, thumb safety, hammerand mag release. Clawson his guess he said 10,000 was "about right".Īll Type Ones had a DuLite Blue chemical blue which was approved by Ordnance as an acceptable substitute for Parkerizing until Parkerizing phosphate equiptment was obtained. As seldom encountered as they are I lean toward the 10,000 number and when I asked Mr. Estimates of total Type one pistols run between 10,000-15,000 depending on who you ask. Type 2 logos came in somewhere in the 925,000 range and each type can be found in this range with no distinct cutoff. This is referred to as the Type 1 and ran from about serial number 916,405 till about 931,?(Clawson says 935,000ish). The first ones were the large slide logo with New York spelled out and had a Dulite blue finish. The pistols began coming off the line in November 1942. They also contributed to improvements and manufacturing techniques. He also says that their goal of making a high quality pistol in the most quantity and for the lowest cost was accomplished. Remington Rand made more M 1911A1's than all other makers in WW2, 877,751 per Charles Clawson(CC). Then I discovered a Type 1 in DuLite blue and I was hooked. When I first started collecting the US 19A1's more than twenty years ago I thought the Remington Rands to be common and boring. Corrections, additions, clarifications, comments etc. I am not real happy with the pics but too bad of weather to give'em another try. I am gonna attempt to make a contribution on one of my favorite subjects-The Remington Rand 1911A1 pistol and it's evolution from late 1942 till mid 1945.