Hi Guys,
I'm brand new to the world of 1911's. I recently purchased a (believe 1944) Remington Rand M1911 handgun from an estate and am eagerly trying to learn more about it.
Where my big question lies is on it's markings. Both on right side, there is a "Flaming Bomb" marking on the slide, just in front of the ejector port. A similar marking is on the trigger guard. One gentleman advised that he things they may be Belgian Proof Marks?
The gun is also stamped "Property of United States" which really throws me off regarding the Flaming Bombs.
I uploaded quite a few pictures to my PhotoBucket page that can be seen at the following link:
http://s984.photobucket.com/albums/ae330/oldiron1/Remington Rand M1911/
Any input/suggestions are greatly apprecaited!!
I'm brand new to the world of 1911's. I recently purchased a (believe 1944) Remington Rand M1911 handgun from an estate and am eagerly trying to learn more about it.
Where my big question lies is on it's markings. Both on right side, there is a "Flaming Bomb" marking on the slide, just in front of the ejector port. A similar marking is on the trigger guard. One gentleman advised that he things they may be Belgian Proof Marks?
The gun is also stamped "Property of United States" which really throws me off regarding the Flaming Bombs.
I uploaded quite a few pictures to my PhotoBucket page that can be seen at the following link:
http://s984.photobucket.com/albums/ae330/oldiron1/Remington Rand M1911/
Any input/suggestions are greatly apprecaited!!