Received my rack grade M1911A1 today.

[SharpShooter82]

First I want to thank the CMP1911 staff for such a fine pistol. I ordered the pistol from Hope, very professional and nice to speak with. The whole process from January till now was handled without incident.

The pistol I received is an 1944 Ithaca frame and slide, with no depot rebuild marks that I can find. Some holster wear and handling and use wear, nothing major. This pistol is most definitely NOT the stripped finish, broken handgrip, beat up sights, rust bucket that I feared would show up at my FFL.

I don’t know how it got graded as rack but I would buy them like this all day long if I could.

I have not disassembled or looked at it with the magnifying glass,,,yet.

Again, many thanks to the CMP1911 group for this program and such a wonderful piece of U.S. history.

Will update this thread with more information as I find it.

Eric


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[BSAGuy]

Congrats on your score, Eric. Post some pics when you post more information.

[SharpShooter82]

Here are a couple of pics of the pistol.

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[Gunsling3r1988]

That's a good looking 1911!

[MGMKS]

Smaller (more visible) pics for SharpShooter82
A really nice looking pistol!

[lavida]

What a beautiful gun.
Any guess if or when a 31,xxx
Number might come up?
I don't follow these forums very much.
Just hope the be a proud owner of this piece of America history.
You got a winner.

[Scott_OH]

Originally Posted by lavida

What a beautiful gun.
Any guess if or when a 31,xxx
Number might come up?
I don't follow these forums very much.
Just hope the be a proud owner of this piece of America history.
You got a winner.

Youd have to poke around threads in this subforum, but someone did a really nice correlation plot to date and rng number, with extrapolation. It's been fairly accurate so far.

Edit, I had a saved version. I am not the creator of this, unfortunately I don't know who credit goes to

[SharpShooter82]

Originally Posted by MGMKS

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A really nice looking pistol!

Thanks. This is the first time I have posted pics on this forum so it was kind of a test.

I noticed that my pics are not showing on my Tapatalk app. Is there something I need to do different?

Eric


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[Prepper_Pig]

Really nice “rack grade” Ithaca. I was hoping for a nice example and I received a gorgeous 1944 Remington Rand. While a rarer manufacturer like yours would have been preferred, I am completely happy. I’m not sure how the CMP grades these as I’ve seen service grades that look in far worse shape.

[munkjeep]

My Wife got a Rake grade Ithaca this week, finish about the same as yours. Other than a Remington Rand slide had all correct parts for a late Ithaca pistol. No rebuild stamps, she is happy with what she received.