The markings on a Remington Rand 1911A1 are not just stampings; they are the fingerprints of industrial history. The AUTO-ORDINANCE slide speaks to a typewriter company’s desperate search for parts. The FJA stamp represents the human quality control that won a war. The tiny HS on the barrel recalls the Connecticut factory that kept the .45s firing on Iwo Jima.
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| Period | Serial Range | Slide Marking | Inspector | |--------|--------------|---------------|------------| | Early 1942 | 856,405–~880,000 | Type 1 (PATENTED) | GHD | | Mid 1943 | ~880,000–1,600,000 | Type 2 (M1911A1) | FJA | | Late 1944–45 | 1,600,000–2,440,000 | Type 2 or 3 | FJA | The markings on a Remington Rand 1911A1 are