coastalcop
06-09-2013, 02:25 PM
After two and a half decades of poking prodding pushing and negotiating I am now the proud caretaker of this Remington Rand 1911. I know its not much to look at, but it was my Grandfathers. Production numbers place it around 42/43. My Grandfather was selected during WWII to be a "naked warrior" and he came home from the war with this in his seabag. He never talked much about the war. I still remember trips to the pool when he was in his early 50's before he passed. I was a little kid then, and I would wrap my arms over one shoulder and under the other shoulder and he would swim the length of an olympic size pool underwater on one breath. rising enough for me to breathe if I needed it.
A few years later he died of a heart attack, but not before driving home to say goodbye to my grandmother.
The pistol passed to my uncle, who used it as a narc with in Galveston county during the cocaine cowboys days, and my uncle in turn gave it to his son my cousin.
My cousin is a peaceful man, never knowing war or violence so it sat in a box in his closet, until I convinced him to give it to me.
I desperately needs a spring kit (on order) and there is a crack in the trigger guard (I would like to think from a pistol whip but more likely being dropped)
The grips are an old set of Buffalo Bone Ive had for a while ( though I once convinced a gullible chap that they were carved from a Femur)
This is going to replace all of my BBQ guns until I retire, they might be shinier but none have the family history.
How is this Bon Vivant? He outlived his enemies, lived well , and never regretted his life. And after all, living well is the best revenge.
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A few years later he died of a heart attack, but not before driving home to say goodbye to my grandmother.
The pistol passed to my uncle, who used it as a narc with in Galveston county during the cocaine cowboys days, and my uncle in turn gave it to his son my cousin.
My cousin is a peaceful man, never knowing war or violence so it sat in a box in his closet, until I convinced him to give it to me.
I desperately needs a spring kit (on order) and there is a crack in the trigger guard (I would like to think from a pistol whip but more likely being dropped)
The grips are an old set of Buffalo Bone Ive had for a while ( though I once convinced a gullible chap that they were carved from a Femur)
This is going to replace all of my BBQ guns until I retire, they might be shinier but none have the family history.
How is this Bon Vivant? He outlived his enemies, lived well , and never regretted his life. And after all, living well is the best revenge.
31560