My M1911 Restoration

[highboostgn]

So my grandmother gave me my grandfather's M1 Carbine a few years ago that had been in her closet for 27 years. He died a year before I was born. She also said there was another gun that he shot in matches, but she had given it away to a family friend. I thought it was long gone since the guy died about 8 years ago. His wife passed a few months ago and her son called my dad and said he found his dad's gun and asked if he wanted it. He gave it to me and after 4 days of working on it I got it looking pretty good. Shot it and works great. Thought I'd share

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[Bruce Urie]

Wow! Totally awesome! Great job there, especially what you did with the .45. You are one lucky guy.......hope you hold on to them always. I love both of those guns.

Bruce '87 Grand National

 

[highboostgn]

Wow! Totally awesome! Great job there, especially what you did with the .45. You are one lucky guy.......hope you hold on to them always. I love both of those guns.

Bruce '87 Grand National

Thanks! Oh yeah these are never leaving me lol

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[RossGN]

Great job and great combination. Interestingly enough, the M1 Carbine was designed to replace the 1911 for officers and non-front line troops. You are very fortunate to have these guns and the family history is priceless.

 

[highboostgn]

Great job and great combination. Interestingly enough, the M1 Carbine was designed to replace the 1911 for officers and non-front line troops. You are very fortunate to have these guns and the family history is priceless.

For sure. The M1 has the flip up sight. It's a low serial number model before they went to the adjustable sights

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[turbodave231]

Nice!

Who is the manufacturer on the M1 and the 1911?

Inland Division of GM was one of the manufacturer's that made the M1's. I had the chance to shoot an M1 that had been converted to full auto. It is the only full auto gun I've ever fired. I enjoyed every round!!

 

[highboostgn]

Remington Rand 1911, Winchester M1

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[trixdout]

Great backstory to the guns and you were definitely meant to have both.

 

[Turbo-Archie]

Nice!

. I had the chance to shoot an M1 that had been converted to full auto. It is the only full auto gun I've ever fired. I enjoyed every round!!

Dave,
The M2 was full auto, I've never seen one of those.
My M1 is by far my favorite gun to shoot.



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[jnaarnold]

This was mine I did a while back...