During the interwar period, Argentina saw that Colt had updated the 1911 to the A1 model. Argentina knew the 1911 from past use, and knew that it was good, so when came time to update their current arsenal of service pistols, they brokered a deal with Colt to make their own. See, Argentina had...

Picked this Ballester-Molina up on Saturday morning; matched serial number on frame and inside of slide; all matching numbers on frame, slide, barrel, and two magazines. No import marks to be found anywhere... I can't find any evidence that it's been refinished; if that holds up to your...

Greetings Addicts, In my quest for interesting C&R 1911 related guns, I have been intrigued by the Argentine Sistema series of Colt 1911's and their locally produced clones. Are there any of you mil-surp guys that have knowledge of these? I have already done all the Google searches and know...