My grandfather had his singer he was issued in WW2 he was a Seabee ..his was the first pistol I ever handled . He tried to give it to me on my 16 birthday but my mother wasn't having it . He told me it was mine and when he died his apartment in Chicago was broken into and all his guns were stolen . I know it was a real one . His story was he was issued it and it kept jamming so he mailed it home to my great great grandmother she had it hanging on a nail above her front door for years until she died and grandpa got it back . I wish my mother woulda let me have it but we had no idea back then exactly what it was .. I will always regret that day ...
I just went to the website.....someone paid 95K for this gun. 95K. Wow. thanks as always for these videos. I don't understand how you have 54K subs. You should be well over a million with all your knowledge.
Always drives me crazy when someone handles rare money, artwork, documents or firearms with their bare hands. Thanks for respecting the value and history of the guns. I have a Remington Rand and it only comes out to look at. I dont know its history or value. But for all the hands that have carried or used it before it came to me i like to think theyd appreciate some respect. I got it from a Vietnam Vet. He got it in 68. I will never sell it.
You simply must do another Singer video when you take apart the one in this video to inspect all its parts. For any collector of 1911's the Singer is a Holy Grail. Please share more. Thank you.
Gone in Sixty Seconds!!! I went to the website to check it out after watching the video and it had already been SOLD! WOW!!! The Singer contract was an educational contract to see if a non-firearms manufacturing company that normally made machinery could follow specifications and gauges and manufacture a firearm that would pass government inspection/proofing. Singer came through with flying colors. Union Switch & Signal only made 55,000 before their contract was cancelled so they could produce some other item needed for the war effort leaving Colt, Ithaca (two gun companies) and Remington Rand (a typewriter company). The latter, after some initial quality problems, did more to forward the weapon design than the other two and are thought of so highly that many National Match pistols produced at the Springfield Armory started on a Remington Rand frame.
I can’t stop listening to your gun stories very interesting I’m learning a lot. I was wondering of any stories of German soldiers taking American guns as souvenirs.
It's been my understanding that only Colt did the slide heat treat on the upper. Not a blue but a heat treat. WWII only manufacture. This would be the darker front portion {2 1/2} inches. What's the real story?
I Actually Held One of the "CHOPPED" SINGER Frames at A Gun Show in PHX AZ many years ago! It was Cut (when CLINTON authorized demilling excess) just After the S80-So who knows which SINGER it Was?😢 ORIG Finish was Prevalent. SAD..
EEks! Just looked at the website and the Singer is already Sold. I know you can't share names but please share with us where this pistol has been since 1940 and something about who bought it. Hope the buyer will keep it in pristine condition.
I’d take the Colt over the singer any day. That’s just me. Beautiful 1911A1. I can’t imagine dropping big money on a singer, Remington etc knowing there are pre war m1911a1 Colts in 45 and 38 super for less. A Super Match and a National match, 1929 first year 2-3 digit 38 súper etc. love your content.
Tom, I cant miss an episode of your videos. I'm addicted and yes, you'll be receiving a call from my wife! Anyway, question for you. If you determine that an item you are viewing at auction or elsewhere that deems to be "illegit", do you say anything to the seller / auctioneer? And if so, do they have an obligation to investigate further or pull it of the auction list? Thanks!
Always love listening to a real expert. Curious what is the etiquette at an action. If you see something which you believe to be a fake and see someone is being conned would you tell them?
I bought a CMP 1911A1 that was a total frankengun. Frame was from 1945, slide from 1970s, barrel from 1980s, trigger, hammer, slide stop and thumb safety were parts bin. I was hoping to get at least a matching frame and slide..... Oh well live and learn.
@@TSimo113 No, live and learn that those so called WWII pistols are mostly not. These pistols are far from authentic. The CMP misrepresented what they were selling. 'Pistols may have some commercial parts. SOME? Many had nearly all parts replaced with commercial Colt parts or third party parts. For what I paid I could have bought a new Colt with all original parts instead of a parts bin frankengun. So I dumped it and bought a Colt re-issue WWII 1911A1. The re-issue wasn't in WWII and likely the CMP wasn't either due to the serial number range being a month from the end of the war. Germany had already surrendered and we had the 💣 headed for the Japanese.
@@thomaswhiteman4261 Most of WW-II Remington Rand and Ithaca M-1911-A1 are Arsenal rebuild after the War. I have seen some of these rebuild M-1911-A1 in SE Asia that was shipped as a foreign aids and being sold in the black market for $25.00 back in 1968. I paid $425.00 for Remington Rand after the Gulf War for rebuild or " Bult Sander Special". I also seen a none issue M-1911 A1 green finish none issue for $850.00 in 1993. I brought only M-1911 Colt Military issue in excellent shape while I was a contractor during 1980-1993.
My brother absolutely destroyed my grandfathers Singer 1911! I found out yrs later that he was the one who had stolen it when my grandfather had passed. It had been willed to me. I remember it very well when it was in original condition. When I saw it in my brother's hands it was a rusted up and beat to shit, with many after market & customized parts. I flipped out when I asked if he still had the parts that it came with. Answer was no. And that's when I told him that you can ever perfect the perfect with custom parts without destroying its value. At that 0oint my brother was getting upset and reminded me that it's just an $800 1911. Wrong! Go inside and lookup the value of a mint condition WWII Singer 1911. So while I'm outside loading up my truck. He came back outside as white as a ghost. He had a hard time eating crow when he said "what a fucking mistake I made. I could have used that money to buy an $800 gun." we parted ways, there was nothing more I could say, this made me so sick. And after this we didn't speak or see each other for another 23 yrs sad to say I had a wife just like my brother. They both destroyed everything they touched without regard to any value. But then who's to say what would have happen had this been in my possession. Some people & a true story. I'll never forget the 3 times my grandfather allowed me to shoot his Singer 1911. By far the smoothest piece I've ever used & with a mind of its own. It couldn't miss no matter what. Sneeze & squeeze and thababy was always on point. That Singer was a shooter & a very fine one at that.
So your wrecked your family relationship over a fucking gun? congratulations. The "smoothest piece you've ever used", "Sneeze & squeeze", lol... bullshit. That gun is special because of it's rarity, not because it's an excellent gun.
WOW! If memory serves me right, Singer mfg. Was just a dry run by the government to see what problems would be encountered by converting a none-firearm producing company to produce firearms in cases of national emergency. This may be the reason why the numbers produced by Singer was so low...just my opinion 🙏
OK. Folks..... Suffer.... I have.... An Ithaca.. 1911 A1..... Yes Ithaca. 1945 made from parts at the factory. And supplied as a special order of 150.. Yes an Ithaca. Beat that.... :) :) :)
Why does he not state that the relief around the trigger and the "humped" mainspring housing makes it a 1911A1? Does he even know that? This is worrisome, for him, as an evaluator.
So people are paying $1000 for a Singer handgun and are discriminating a Rock Island handgun? SINGER manufactured sawing machines, its was not even a handgun manufacturer. So what is it? Ignorance or racism? RIA is a Philippine factory that manufactures great damn handguns, so because the company is not American it’s products to many ignorant bastards is not good even though it has proven to be good. So a gun coming from an American sawing machine that never produced handguns are collectable just because is an American product? 😂 come on!!! Very rare? There were millions made in World War Two, the same with General Motors 1911/45s and Kelvinators 1911/45s, millions were made🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
