#Colt model 1927 slide markings serial numbers#
#Colt model 1927 slide markings serial number#

In 1945, the Argentine Military Small Arms Factory (FMAP - Fabrica Militar de Armas Portatiles)began production of the first replacement pistols at Esteban de Luca Arsenal in Buenos Aires, with assembly taking place at the Domingo Matheu plant in Rosario, Argentina. Thus, the Pistola Sistema Modelo Argentino 1927, Calibre 11.25mm was born. The contract also stipulated that after the first 10,000 pistols, the rights to manufacture would be turned over to Argentina, and production could continue using the same blueprints and Colt trained Argentine employees and inspectors.

#Colt model 1927 slide markings serial numbers#

The serial numbers range from 1 to 10,000. From 1927 to 1933 ten thousand pistols, known to collectors as Hartford Argentine Army Models were produced.

Colt equipment and employees were relocated and the manufacturing began.

#Colt model 1927 slide markings serial number#

The pistols were to possess a separate serial number series, with the first ten thousand built by Colt in Argentina for the Argentine Army. Finally, in 1927, the Argentine Commission for Foreign Acquisitions negotiated a contract with Colt for the manufacture of M1911A1 pistols, including a a licensing agreement for production. In 1923, the Argentine government adopted an armaments bill to eliminate dependency on foreign arms.

The serial numbers for all of these pistols fall within the Colt commercial pistol serial range. In 1919, more pistols were ordered from Colt. Pleased with the pistols, the Argentine government purchased a thousand more in 1916, and the new military sidearms were designated the Pistola Colt Modelo Argentino 1916. Over sixty years previously, in April, 1914, the Argentine Navy had purchased 321 Colt 1911s in the serial number range C6201-C6401, marked Marina Argentina. The prices of the old war horses skyrocketed as they became collector's items rather than surplus ordnance.Дealers in surplus pistols soon found another source for inexpensive 1911s in Argentina. That cornucopia of 45s came to an abrupt end during the Clinton administration, as thousands of M1911A1s were destroyed rather than being sold. Newcomers to the 1911 scene are sometimes surprised to learn that fully functional M1911A1 pistols were often sold cheaply to the public as government surplus back in the 1970s.