Members' Firearms

The Hi-Standard shown is a 102 Model, made from 1958 - 1965. I just got this one in a will from a long time friend. In 1966-68 I was in the Oregon State University Pistol Club and we shot postal matches with other universities. I bought one back then exactly like this one for $125 and sold it 3 years later for the same amount. The Supermatic series was very famous for accuracy and a popular choice for competition, including the Olympics.

The Luger is a numbers matching DWM that is a refinish.
 
It also makes a cool graphic
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So not HK but still pretty interesting. Plus, I haven't posted for a while.

I have been playing the CMP lottery for a couple years now and sent in my application for a Round 3 1911A1. I received a Rack Grade1943 Remington Rand. Pretty nice pistol for a Rack Grade. It is a Type 2 Remington Rand and I believe still has the original finish as there are no arsenal re-marks. It does have some replacement parts, i.e., the barrel and grips. Shipment info from WW2 indicated that it was most likely sent off to the Navy in Norfolk.

After I received it, I started sending off FOIA requests, first to the Army. Army reported back that they had received it from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Indiana in the '90s, So, I then sent off a FOIA request to the Navy.

After several weeks, I finally got a response. The pistol first resurfaced (lol) in April 1975 in the DoD Small Arms Registry as being issued to the ballistic missile submarine USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617). After the Hamilton was decommissioned in 1993, the pistol was sent to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana, then later to TACOM in Anniston, Alabama, and the finally out of the DoD to the CMP......then on the me :D

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Nehalem Man said:
So not HK but still pretty interesting. Plus, I haven't posted for a while.

I have been playing the CMP lottery for a couple years now and sent in my application for a Round 3 1911A1. I received a Rack Grade1943 Remington Rand. Pretty nice pistol for a Rack Grade. It is a Type 2 Remington Rand and I believe still has the original finish as there are no arsenal re-marks. It does have some replacement parts, i.e., the barrel and grips. Shipment info from WW2 indicated that it was most likely sent off to the Navy in Norfolk.

After I received it, I started sending off FOIA requests, first to the Army. Army reported back that they had received it from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Indiana in the '90s, So, I then sent off a FOIA request to the Navy.

After several weeks, I finally got a response. The pistol first resurfaced (lol) in April 1975 in the DoD Small Arms Registry as being issued to the ballistic missile submarine USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617). After the Hamilton was decommissioned in 1993, the pistol was sent to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana, then later to TACOM in Anniston, Alabama, and the finally out of the DoD to the CMP......then on the me :D

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Very cool to know the provenance. Congratulations.
 
Nehalem Man said:
So not HK but still pretty interesting. Plus, I haven't posted for a while.

I have been playing the CMP lottery for a couple years now and sent in my application for a Round 3 1911A1. I received a Rack Grade1943 Remington Rand. Pretty nice pistol for a Rack Grade. It is a Type 2 Remington Rand and I believe still has the original finish as there are no arsenal re-marks. It does have some replacement parts, i.e., the barrel and grips. Shipment info from WW2 indicated that it was most likely sent off to the Navy in Norfolk.

After I received it, I started sending off FOIA requests, first to the Army. Army reported back that they had received it from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Indiana in the '90s, So, I then sent off a FOIA request to the Navy.

After several weeks, I finally got a response. The pistol first resurfaced (lol) in April 1975 in the DoD Small Arms Registry as being issued to the ballistic missile submarine USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617). After the Hamilton was decommissioned in 1993, the pistol was sent to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana, then later to TACOM in Anniston, Alabama, and the finally out of the DoD to the CMP......then on the me :D

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Nice sample. ;)

Tony
 
Nehalem Man said:
So not HK but still pretty interesting. Plus, I haven't posted for a while.

I have been playing the CMP lottery for a couple years now and sent in my application for a Round 3 1911A1. I received a Rack Grade1943 Remington Rand. Pretty nice pistol for a Rack Grade. It is a Type 2 Remington Rand and I believe still has the original finish as there are no arsenal re-marks. It does have some replacement parts, i.e., the barrel and grips. Shipment info from WW2 indicated that it was most likely sent off to the Navy in Norfolk.

After I received it, I started sending off FOIA requests, first to the Army. Army reported back that they had received it from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Indiana in the '90s, So, I then sent off a FOIA request to the Navy.

After several weeks, I finally got a response. The pistol first resurfaced (lol) in April 1975 in the DoD Small Arms Registry as being issued to the ballistic missile submarine USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617). After the Hamilton was decommissioned in 1993, the pistol was sent to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana, then later to TACOM in Anniston, Alabama, and the finally out of the DoD to the CMP......then on the me :D

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Now I know that you're not Jesus......I can say that I really like your firearm......and we utilize the same computer.....Oh I'm not Joseph .:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
Neighbors would get pissed if I got one of those, but New Year’s Eve and Independence Day would be a lot more exciting.

That would be true especially if I set somebody’s roof on fire like a local mope did about 15 years back shooting off a GI white parachute flare and managed to torch the local Patrick Cudahy meat plant here. $50 million damage, 1800 jobs.

Fella got 90 days in jail serving 30 days each year and 500 hours community service. His brother got the flare from his time in the sandbox in the USMC.

Good reporting video here: TV 6 report on Cudahy fire
 
Dad told me 60 years ago the rule is to never shoot them unless raining or snow.
 
UltraFudd said:
Neighbors would get pissed if I got one of those, but New Year’s Eve and Independence Day would be a lot more exciting.

That would be true especially if I set somebody’s roof on fire like a local mope did about 15 years back shooting off a GI white parachute flare and managed to torch the local Patrick Cudahy meat plant here. $50 million damage, 1800 jobs.

Fella got 90 days in jail serving 30 days each year and 500 hours community service. His brother got the flare from his time in the sandbox in the USMC.

Good reporting video here: TV 6 report on Cudahy fire
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Thanks for link. Fat burns. What a shame for the community.
 
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