I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to get a Service Grade on the first round and surprisingly I was picked for the fourth round. Since I had the service grade on the first pick, I went with the wild card of range grade.

Round 1:
Frame: RR
Slide: Colt
Conclusion: Mutt






Round 4
Frame: RR
Slide: RR
Conclusion: Mystery Gun

That second one looks like one of the Delta guns. Saw a thread about another one that someone got on 1911forum I think.

As far as #2-
I'll qualify this statement by saying "I'm not an expert."
But could be a early "Delta" one- Late 70's to mid 80's would be my guess. It looks to be put together by someone who knew what they were doing and not all ratted out.

It's not one of the MEUSOC .45's (M45), I know that much. They had a diffrent happer, extended ambi-thumb safeties, and different sights.

Either way, those are two nice shooters!

Got picked in the first round never got a RNG
Ithaca frame Colt slide 1943

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Originally posted by greg1147:
Got picked in the first round never got a RNG
Ithaca frame Colt slide 1943

Much nicer than my service grade. Parkerized finish looks like new and you have a original Colt slide. My service grade has the packerized finish nearly gone and GI replacement Colt slide, so no rampant horse.

Rek first gun rebuilt twice once at Springfield and again later at Anniston.
Can’t see the rebuild marks on #2 clear enough to comment, but the range grades with mods like yours were often SF team guns

Not a CMP gun, but we used to have a bunch of WW2 era 1911A1s at work, issued through the LESO program. I had one checked out to me for a while...a 1943 Remington Rand.

That program ended up being more of a liability than it was worth (not much practical use for a GI 1911 or M16A2 in modern law enforcement, and the annual reporting requirements were a PITA), so a few years back we returned the guns. I carefully cleaned and lubed them all, wrapped them all up nicely, and shipped them back to Anniston, hoping that maybe the government would turn them over to the CMP for sales to the public at some point so they could be appreciated for the living pieces of history that they are.

A buddy from another local agency was also responsible for managing their LESO inventory. They recently decided to get out of it, too, but they had so many guns it made more sense to drive them down there instead of shipping them back. He said he watched while one of the receiving guys read off the number, another guy checked it off the list, and then the first guy literally threw each gun into a giant bin full of 1911s. Didn't even check to make sure they were clear first. I'm not sure if they were destined for the CMP or the smelter, but those guys sure weren't worried about what happened to them (or safety, for that matter).

Kinda makes me sad to think about what probably happened to "my" Remington Rand...that was a nice old gun.