28 December 2012

Nostalgia

I was looking through my old records and found my arms-room cards.

DA Form 3479, Jan 82.

There are three of them;

M1911A1 Cal .45 Pistol, 1005-00-726-5655, Serial # 1164935
M16A2 5.56 Cal Auto Rifle, 1005-01-178-9936, Serial # 6300574
Bayonet Knife M7 w/ scabbard M10, 1005-00-017-9701, no serial number.

I can't believe I still have these.

Thanks to the internet I now know my mind was playing tricks on me.

My issue 1911A1 wasn't a Remington Rand, it was a Colt made in 1944.

My issue M16A2 was also a Colt, but forty years newer!

2 comments:

  1. If your 1911 was like most 1911s, it was a mish-mash of parts. A Colt frame and R-R slide, for example. So, it's possible your 1911 was sort of a R-R, since 1911 serials are stamped on the frame, iirc.

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  2. Good point!

    The frame came from Colt in 1944 at any rate. If my mind is not playing tricks then the slide was Rem-Rand.

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