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Picked this up recently for a decent price. Decent for current fair market value that is.
1954 Argentine Model 1927. Otherwise known as “Sistemas”.
These milsurp .45’s are every bit as good as a WWII USGI 1911A1 with some minor differences in finish and parts profile. Finish is a black oxide type rather than parkerized or Dulite. Hammer is WWI-era type. Main spring housing has sunken checkering. All parts in these guns are interchangeable with USGI guns as they were built on machinery from US gov’t specs. S/N on these guns are stamped on the receiver, slide and barrel hood.
This gun has slight pitting here and there through the finish and worn areas where the hand grasps the gun. Mechanically it is sound with a strong but slightly frosted bore. Now how about those idiot scratches?! Not only the usual one on the receiver but TWO on the slide?! I’d like to slap whatever bone head got his hands on this one.
I ran 50 rounds of mild (just a little under factory power) 230gr plated reloads, from about 15 yards and kept them all within about a 6” group. The gun is certainly capable of better if I had taken my time and tried for bullseye.
A good, foreign military surplus arm for about half the price of a US version in similar shape. She’s a keeper!
1954 Argentine Model 1927. Otherwise known as “Sistemas”.
These milsurp .45’s are every bit as good as a WWII USGI 1911A1 with some minor differences in finish and parts profile. Finish is a black oxide type rather than parkerized or Dulite. Hammer is WWI-era type. Main spring housing has sunken checkering. All parts in these guns are interchangeable with USGI guns as they were built on machinery from US gov’t specs. S/N on these guns are stamped on the receiver, slide and barrel hood.
This gun has slight pitting here and there through the finish and worn areas where the hand grasps the gun. Mechanically it is sound with a strong but slightly frosted bore. Now how about those idiot scratches?! Not only the usual one on the receiver but TWO on the slide?! I’d like to slap whatever bone head got his hands on this one.
I ran 50 rounds of mild (just a little under factory power) 230gr plated reloads, from about 15 yards and kept them all within about a 6” group. The gun is certainly capable of better if I had taken my time and tried for bullseye.
A good, foreign military surplus arm for about half the price of a US version in similar shape. She’s a keeper!
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