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1911 ww2 High Standard barrel needed

2.5K views 11 replies 6 participants last post by  halfmoonclip  
#1 ·
I have a Remington Rand 1911 that needs a barrel to make it correct. Does anyone know where I can find one? Does anyone have one they would like to sell? Any help will be appreciated. I would to be able to put this gun back original.
 
#4 ·
I haven't priced a GI 1911 barrel lately; what are they going for? My own inclination would be to keep the barrel you have got; presumably it was armorer-fitted and is part of the genuine history of the gun, and is a GI part. Another replacement barrel is still just that; a replacement.
Understand your desire to make it 'right' but it's one of those calls you have to make when, arguably, 'restoring' your gun.
Moon
 
#6 ·
I have a Flannery bbl. According to Clawson's book the Flannery were allotted to Remington and Ithaca in 1944 -45.
So if your Remington was built in that time it will be correct.

Really good condition,strong rifling , lugs on top are not worn, has an F stamp on the right & a P on the left. no link or pin 100 bucks shipped
 
#10 ·
No - that's only for the National Match barrel fitting - done at Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal for GI pistols.

Service pistols had a certain amount of looseness to counteract mud and dirt.

National Match pistols were very well-fitted - outshooting pretty much every Colt Gold Cup I ever saw, unless someone had rebuilt it to actually 'compete'.
 
#12 · (Edited)
What has always amazed me is how good the triggers have been on every GI 1911 I've ever handled; crisp, reasonably light and creep free.
Better than older Colt production, IMHO, tho' the current stuff seems much improved.
Moon
ETA-
Dogface, I won't argue the point; you may well me correct. I have this mental image of a 1911 armorer's manual with intstructions for fitting links for ordinary 1911s, but there is a lot of stuff I don't remember half as well as I once did.
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