

Remington Rand M1911A1 serial number 984284 - right side profile. One of the more interesting guns that have come through the Guns. The demand of new REMINGTON RAND 1911 A1 pistol's has risen 1 units over the past 12 months. Remington Rand M1911A1 serial number 984284 - Circa 1943 pistol with Type 2 slide markings. The 'P' proof mark is located near the magazine release and on top of the slide, in front of the rear sight. The right side of the frame has standard markings, with the. Remington Rand M1911A1 serial number 984284 - Circa 1943 pistol with Type 2 slide markings.Ĭlose-up of Remington Rand Type 2 slide markings.Ĭlose-up of 'FJA' inspector's mark.
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They resumed stamping the date code on the barrel on 10/1/01. Where is the FJA on a Remington M1911A1 FJA are the initials of Frank J. They not only produced the most pistols, between 875,000-900,000, but also helped develop manufacturing methods to speed up pistol production. Remington Rand M1911A1 serial number 984284 Circa 1943 pistol with Type 2 slide markings. They continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box. Based out of Syracuse, New York, Remington Rand produced M1911A1s on contract for the US Government alongside others such as Colt, Singer, and Ithica. (*) On 8/9/99, stopped stamping the barrels with the date code. One needs to be sure that the barrel is original to the gun before trusting the Barrel Code listing, above.

Using these barrel codes to date a shotgun is somewhat unreliable, as shotgun barrels are often interchanged at random. Using barrel codes (such as those listed above) to date the manufacture are reliable on Remington rifles, as the company rarely changed barrels on a customer's rifle. The following letters correspond to the months of the yearī - L - A - C - K - P - O - W - D - E - R - Xġ - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 Remington's manufactured after 1921 have a code located on the left side of the barrel near the frame that identifies the year and month of manufacture. Most got serrated main spring housings with eight ribs but a few early ones got the checkered MSH. All were Parkerized and a DuLite example is yet to materialize. The P proof mark is located near the magazine release and on top of the slide, in front of the rear sight. Close-up of Remington Rand Type 2 slide markings. The logo was reduced in size and is the most common of Rem Rands. Remington Rand M1911A1 serial number 984284 - Circa 1943 pistol with Type 2 slide markings. It has a military cross-canon cartouche and a 'United States Property' mark on the right side. type 3 The Type Three Remington Rand production began at about 1,015,000ish and continued through the last pistol 2,465,139. It has 'FJA' inspectors initials and a 'P' proof on the left side of the gun. Here is some information that you can get from you serial number after 1921 8/20/20 - This is an original WW2 Remington Rand 1911A1 issued to the US military in 1944.
