The last Argentine Systemas I found cost me $400 bucks
each when I found a pair that looked like new manufacture,
using old numbered barrels stored for decades.

t calibrated
They dug out all numbered parts left over and made new
Frames and slides to fit them. I eventually sold these
for $500 each to folks who wanted a "new" Argentine pistol,
equivalent to a new mil spec 1911a1.

Those were excellent guns, true 1911A1s, and totally
compatible with every other Colt 1911A1 because they
were made on Colt calibrated machinery, which is more
than can be said for the almost clones made to metric
dimensions. Gunsmiths know the difference when they
try to fit replacement or upgraded parts.
Regards, Jack F
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<http://www.gunsmith.fuselier.com> East Texas


Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 4:15:06 PM, you wrote:

T> You used to be able to buy those all day for $260. Before that it was $200.

T> -TRB

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