Buying a wwII remington rand

[wlwindham]

Got a question for you guys and any expert that feels like throwing in thier 2 cents worth is more than welcome , many many years ago i wasa 45 freak but i got married and had kidds and got rid of all my guns as it was hard for me to buy things for my guns and my kids lol well kids are grown and i am buying my first gun in 20 years its a military issue remington rand , am picking it up later today not sure but thinking that numbers on frame and slide mach , heres t eproblem tho ,has ugly ivory grips , someone has changed the rear sights , they look like cheap novak's and mainspring housing doesnt have a lanyard loop on it , i looked on gunbroker for RR's there that were military issue from wwII tey all had loop and most had mag with R stamp , now the gun i am getting also has one more problem , it looks like about 15 or 20 years ago someone tried to blue it , my question is , does this gun still have value? i can replace sights and grips super easy , but the blueing worries me , do i go ahead and do a full restore and do a nice duracoat job on it or try and sell for C&R value and buy a new 45 to customize for my own use? am adding pic if i can figure out how

 

[chad]

Look up cool gun site. They are experts. And I just started researching getting a Wwii colt a few days ago so I'm no expert but any changes usually really hurts the value. Where did you get it btw? Locally? Thanks.

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[Ben Segrest]

It's a shooter now.

 

[Sin-ster]

It's a shooter now.

Yep, that.

And whoever let it fall apart or decided to start tinkering with it before it was necessary oughta be thrown off a cliff.

 

[scooterj]

Depending on who replaced the front sight and how they did it, it may be past the point of no return for collector value. Buy it and shoot the snot out of it. If you feel that you'd like to change a few things, go for it.

 

[charliepapa]

I have a set of correct grips for it if you want to do some trading.

 

[wlwindham]

well i picked up my gun tonight and love it and want to cry also , as a 1911a1 shes shiny and pretty , slide fits tight to frame and i love how she feels in my hand but as a C&R gun i am crying my eyes out. Whoever owned her when she was blued should be killed along with whoever blued her , they commited a sin in my eyes ,ITS A REMINGTON RAND WARTIME GUN WITH A "4DIGIT" SERIAL NUMBER , yes i said "4DIGIT" oh well i got me a pretty 1911A1 and all it cost me was a relepica 1851 confederate navy BP revolver, a hi point 995TS / box and half of 9mm plus $200.00 so i still feel like i got agood deal eveb if she is ruined as a C&R gun

 

[wlwindham]

and no i wouldnt

and befor i get fussed at let me say , no i wouldnt kill anyone in real life for messing up that gun , it was said as a figure of speech

 

[Nomad.2nd]

and befor i get fussed at let me say , no i wouldnt kill anyone in real life for messing up that gun , it was said as a figure of speech

Who'd get fussy?

 

[Trey@IG]

well now you got an excuse to get another one. one to shoot and an original to be the safe queen!

 

[wlwindham]

Thata a wonderful idea , thanks