*Armand Swenson Customized Remington Rand M1911A1

.45 ACP. 4.25" barrel length. SN: 1416068. Hard chromed finish overall with polished barrel, hammer, and bushing mounting checkered walnut grips. Short recoil operated single-action autoloading pistol fed by detachable single stack magazines and customized by Armand Swenson. Custom features include: Matted slide top with engraved border, squared and checkered triggerguard, adjustable trigger with serrated flanks, checkering to forward gripstrap, rounded edges to the frame, matted rear slide, beveled magazine well, ambidexterous and extended safety lever marked A.D. SWENSON/GARDENA CALIF. over circled C mark, full length guide rod, and matted front ramp and windage adjustable rear sights. Left slide and right frame both struck with Swenson's two-line mark. Original manufacturer marks include REMINGTON RAND INC./SYRACUSE, N.Y. U.S.A. on the left slide, UNITED STATES PROPERTY M 1911 A1 U.S. ARMY to the right frame, and the FJA initials of inspector Frank J. Atwood on the left frame. barrel shows COLT markings. Forward frame struck circle S. {MODERN}

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

From the Collection of Jeffrey W. Sanner