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Mensch
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CMP Round 2 1911. Field Grade, '42-'43 Remington Rand frame, Colt slide. Appears untouched since 1978 Anniston rebuild.











Looks to be all USGI. Seeing how it shoots in a few hours.


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-Bomber Harris
 
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Very nice.
 
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Diablo Blanco
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Very nice pistol. Looking forward to hearing about how the old warhorse shoots.


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Sweet!



 
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Good find. Hope you post a range report if you elect to shoot it.
 
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How much was it? Do they have more?

I'm honestly surprised that the Biden administration hasn't pulled the plug on the govt selling guns to mere citizens. Maybe they don't even know about the CMP.


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That's a Field Grade?!? Very nice! The CMP never ceases to impress. Have you shot it yet?
 
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It's a soft shooter, but the sights are tiny. Gonna have to practice to be more accurate.

Round 2 of CMP 1911 sales are closed. Hopefully there will be a 3rd. You can only buy once no matter the round.


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"Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"

"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
-Bomber Harris
 
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Oh man. Very nice. If you’re only going to own one, that’s not a bad one to have. I have a ‘43 Remington-Rand just like it, but mine went back to work after the rebuild. Enjoy!


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Hell yeah.


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Too bad you cant trace its history. Maybe it was at Omaha Beach. Or the Bulge. In the jungle in Vietnam.
Its our history. Held in your hands.


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I am shocked at how nice it is. I figured they would look like they’d been used as hammers. I stood in lust at the Smithsonian at the war weapons collection on display, yet none in the museum looked better than yours. Congrats
 
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The problem with 1911s is they are musty. Soon as you have one, you musty have another. Big Grin



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Nice score!



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Are you going to keep it as is or modify it?


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Frangas non Flectes
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Originally posted by azmercedes:
I figured they would look like they’d been used as hammers.


I saw a lot of commentary along these lines when they were announced, much of it qualified with "if they're anything like the rattle trap I was issued when I was in the service, you'd be lucky to hit the broad side of a barn with one, it'll be so shot-out." All I can say is thankfully, what got apparently issued and re-issued for decades had little correlation to what the US government had in storage, which you couldn't reasonably expect an infantryman to have any knowledge of. If you've been paying attention to what's been coming out of the CMP for the last few decades, you know that they grade pretty accurately, if not very generously to the buyer. I've been told the Field Grades of these two 1911 runs have been pretty remarkable pieces. Kz1000's pistol would qualify, I think.


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Originally posted by Edmond:
Are you going to keep it as is or modify it?


Not changing a thing.


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"Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"

"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
-Bomber Harris
 
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Anyone contemplating modifying one of those pistols oughta be slapped. Hard.


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We just had a CMP 1911 (complete Union Switch & Signal) transfer in through our shop. Very neat that it's complete but it was far more worn (battle?) and generally quite tired looking. Yours is a real beauty in comparison. Congrats.


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Originally posted by Edmond:
Are you going to keep it as is or modify it?


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