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Remington because they hadnt made a 1911 since WWII.
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Actually, the current Remington Company in NY had never made them, prior to the introduction of the R1. The M1911s of WWI were made by the Remington-UMC plant in Bridgeport, CT, and the WWII pistols were made by the Remington-Rand typewriter company. Remington is coy about it, just like Springfield Armory being the "oldest name in American Firearms", when most of their guns are imported from Brazil and Croatia.