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Throughout production Remington Rand aggressively attempted to innovate and improve the production of 1911A1 pistols.īy March of 1945 they where building the lowest price pistol in the war effort and quality was considered second to none. Only after a change in management and a thorough review of the inspection and manufacturing operations was production finally resumed in May of 1943. stopped production due to a high rate of parts interchangeability test failures. Initial shipments appeared to perform satisfactorily, but subsequent tests performed by ordnance inspectors revealed serious problems with parts interchangeability. The first 255 production pistols where accepted by ordnance inspectors in November of 1942. Careful examination of early Remington Rand pistols will reveal striking similarities in some of the parts to Singer made parts such as the triggers and mainspring housings. in their Educational Order.Ĭonsequently some of the parts of the early Remington Rand pistols were made using Singer supplied tooling and fixtures. Remington Rand "C" Division inherited much of the documentation, tooling, and machinery that originally was used by The Singer Manufacturing Co. Disconnectors were purchased from US&S, grip safeties from Colt, and slide stops from Colt and Springfield Armory (2,865 left over from WWI). They purchased barrels from High Standard, Colt, and Springfield Armory. This caused Remington Rand to acquire parts from other sources to complete the early pistols. Initially some manufacturing equipment was not available. The plant was located on Dickerson street in Syracuse, N.Y and was once used for building typewriters. Remington Rand "C" Division converted a vacant plant into a modern pistol manufacturing facility. Remington Rand formed a new division (Remington Rand "C" Division) to take charge of building the M1911A1. The company had no experience building pistols at the time it was awarded the contract. Remington Rand was awarded its first M1911A1 order on March 16th, 1942, for a total of 125,000 pistols. My Remington Rand M1911A1 was produced by the Remington Rand Typewritter Company in 1945.