On Monday I received a call from the CMP that my wife and I had both been drawn to purchase 1911’s. I gave them payment information, and the pistols got to my FFL dealer on Tuesday! We both opted for service grade (the highest grade they have). I picked up the 1911A1’s this afternoon. Both are super TIGHT (I have heard some horror stories of guns being so loose that they rattle horribly). One is a 1943 WWII Colt frame with a Remington Rand slide, and the other is a 1944 WWII Ithaca frame with a Vietnam era replacement slide. Both have replacement barrels and magazines. The great thing is that unlike many of tge CMP 1911’s, neither of the frames have rebuild marks on them, so I can restore them to correct WWII configuration if I like. Do you think I should leave them “as is”, or try to find the correct slides and barrels for them? Does anybody have a Colt or Ithaca slide you would like to trade for a Remington Rand slide?
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