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<p>[QUOTE="Frank, post: 4565204, member: 5421"]There was a Colt 1911, the Sistema, produced in Argentina, on Colt machinery, from around 1927 until maybe the 1960's. If I remember correctly, Colt even provided training for factory workers. Parts for these will interchange with US manufacture Colts.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was another, nearly identical pistol, the Ballaster-Molina, which was not of the same quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the estate has other Argentine items, it's reasonable to guess that this might be an Argentine police or military holster. That's only my guess, though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Frank, post: 4565204, member: 5421"]There was a Colt 1911, the Sistema, produced in Argentina, on Colt machinery, from around 1927 until maybe the 1960's. If I remember correctly, Colt even provided training for factory workers. Parts for these will interchange with US manufacture Colts. There was another, nearly identical pistol, the Ballaster-Molina, which was not of the same quality. If the estate has other Argentine items, it's reasonable to guess that this might be an Argentine police or military holster. That's only my guess, though.[/QUOTE]
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