A Pair of Aces

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Not sure if anyone here has heard about our local gun shop named "The Firing Line" :) Great bunch of guys working there. I went in looking for good deals on older 1911s for my collection...ended up making a double buy on 2 guns from 2 different wars but to me, look like they just belong together.

The 1911 was used in WWII by the grandfather of the guy who sold this wonderful piece of history to The Firing Line folks. It's a Remington Rand made between 1943-1944. The original plastic grips were busted in battle, pistol whipping a German. I like the replacement grip choice a lot...and it led me to pairing it up with a nice Garand that was issued and used in the Korean war...and back to us through the CMP. I blurred the last few numbers of the serials for security reasons on both pieces...

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I didn't know whether to put this thread in the pistol or rifle section...and since they are both well maintained, tight as a drum shooters...didn't really want to call them curios either. Move if necessary?
 
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hmm correction. I just dated the rifle by serial number. It was made somewhere between 1953 and 1957...probably closer to 56 or 57 if the serials are in numerical order..since it starts with 58 and they only ran through S/N 4,320,000-6,099,905 June 1953-June 1957 ...so maybe I misunderstood. I'm sure I wasn't lied to :) The Korean war ended in '53. Still kinda cool to have one of the last ones made.
 
Thanks for the drools :)

Sheepdog...If anyone said, I missed it. I was too busy with the pistol. The Garand was the nicest of the bunch they had there. I wasn't so wrapped up in the paperwork and certificate or the serial number/date/stock markings or lack of...as I was checking the bore and crown and other things. As long as it's got matching wood all around, matching parts, complete, clean bore with rifling and crown in great shape, shoots...I collect guns and never sell them so as long as it suites me :)...I thought the CMP paperwork was going to be in the envelope that came with it but all that was there was a certificate showing where some guy I never heard of bought it some time ago. Sadly, the deal maker once the mechanics end met approval, was just how well the walnut stock matched the walnut grip panels on the 1911.

I found a nice WWII 1942 leather US flap holster today for the 1911. The owner of our local surplus store actually took it down from his "decoration" collection of things "not for sale" for me. Thinking about shadowboxing them but ...with a hinged lid so I can take her out for a spin now and then. And instead of era appropriate leather or canvas sling for the Garand, I went with khaki-greenish Vietnam era nylon (I think it's an M14 sling actually)...kinda looks like seatbelt material...don't rot :)

SO anyway...Garands shoot 150 grain better than heavier loads? I've got a pretty good stock of 150 and 165...and ONE single 180 grain bullet that I have NO IDEA where it came from. The last time I shot 180 gr was maybe...1986? I guess it's possible.

edited to add...out of curiosity, I pulled out the COA that came with the rifle. It's a CMP COA but all it basically authenticates is the serial number and the guy that bought it in 2009...nothing about a grade.
 
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