The pictured M1911 has a Remington UMC frame and a Colt slide and barrel. The serial number is "NO18xxx". It appears to be an arsenal rebuild but does not have an arsenal mark. On the left frame there is an eagle head on the trigger guard bow and one just above the mag release with both having E28. The REM UMC inspector stamp is EEC. It has UNITED STATES PROPERTY. On the frame's right side it has the serial number and a 1 on the trigger guard bow. It has an E down near the loop by the mag well. The grips are Bakelite and it has been parkerized. Considering the UMC frame but no arsenal mark what's this one worth?
These mixed parts rebuilds are bringing good money on the auction sites. 8 to 12 hundred is the range I have been seeing. They used to 500 dollar guns but not anymore. Your looks quite nice with good markings.
That is an interesting gun. Everything about it SCREAMS 1911. Not 1911A1, just 1911. The trigger, the hammer, the housing, the sights. Not to mention the frame.
But it's parkerized. A stock 1911 oughta be blue. A WW2 rebuild would certainly be parkerized, but a rebuild that went IN a 1911, and came OUT a 1911, without any A1 parts? Except for the war-time A1 plastic grips.
Then there's the barrel. Military guns are not caliber-marked. Leastways, they didn't used to be. No need. ALL issue-1873 Colts were 45 Colt. ALL 1903s were 30/06. ALL M1 Carbines were 30 Carbine. You don't need to caliber-mark something unless it is available in more than one caliber. Doing so is just foolish extra work. But there it is on the barrel, big as life - 45 Auto. Hmmmm. Could be a civilian barrel, stuck in there sometime in its 95-year-lifetime (made in 1919, if you're curious - Remington UMC made 1911's numbered 1-13152 in 1917 and 1911's numbered 13153-21676 in 1919). But there on the link-lug, big as life, is that P. USGI pistol proof-mark. That should not be on a civilian barrel. Hmmmmm. Although I suppose it could be a, "Damn, we're in a shootin'-war, and we need guns and pieces-parts for fixing them, so sell us (started to say GIVE US, but I know that didn't happen) your parts inventory, and we'll accept 'em and put 'em in OUR inventory".
Just out of curiosity, is there a serial number behind the firing pin stop plate?
You will have to remove the plate by pushing the FP in with a drift until you can slide the stop out. (Watch that the FP / spring doesn't get away from you after the stop is out.)
The serial, if it exists, will be on the back of the frame and will be split to each side.
No serial number located behind stop plate. Here are some more pics to see if anyone has a value idea. I'm also showing the bottom of the barrel to see if it's a small "G" type.
All standard 1911 slides will fit it. If you are wanting to get a new slide, so you don't damage your Colt-marked antique, any of the manufacturers' - Colt, Kimber, Springfield, RIA - slides will fit. And there are the aftermarket people - Ed Brown, Wilson, etc. Check Brownells or Midway.
Larry, if you want a shooter, I will trade you my unfired Springfield XD. I am putting together an old Remington and could really use what you have. I am sure it shoots fine but I would treasure it more as a cool piece of history.
I don't want to shoot it much, just maybe once a year with a full mag to blow the dust off. I too want to have it for the history. Thanks for the offer, i will keep that in mind but right now i'm just starting out with these old war horses and would like to get more of them.
I am in the same frame of mind. I thought if u just wanted a .45 to shoot then we could chat about trading. Thanks!
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