This is a stunning example of a very scarce Colt Foreign Contract Pistol. for the Argentine National Security Force in the mid 1930s Excellent condition, with very little external wear on the 90 or better Parkerized finish. Many of these pistols have turned up here in the US over the years but they were fairly well worn, old time collectors have commented to me that a small batch of rather nice ones seems to have been brought in sometime in the 1950-1970’s and this pistol probably came in during this time. ARGENTINE Model 1927 Systema Colt semiautomatic pistol 79905 (.45 ACP), mfg. SOLD Read more Sale Webley Mark VI Australian Service 45 ACP 895. The Colt 1911 is one of the most iconic pistols of all times and the timeless design of 1911 is likely to live on.
Present on the frame are the last two numbers of the year of manufacture (1977). They are of the highest Colt Commercial quality and they are simply commercial production that have special markings. Slide markings and proof marks are used also.
These 10,000 pistols of the 1927 Argentine contract were assigned a special serial number block and were marked in accordance with the contract with an Argentine Crest and a special numbering scheme.
After the fist run of 10,000 was made in Hartford a license was granted to Argentina and a Factory was established in Rosario, Argentina to continue production in that country. manufactured pistol, it was not built in Argentina. Remington Rand serial number variations RR halted production in 1943, When they resumed production the line from under the ' O ' in 'N O ' in front of the serial number was removed (see IMAGE above). Just to be clear, this is a regular Hartford CT. ARMY' marking on the right side of the slide is normally found in the range from 906000 to 916404. In 98% mint crisp condition, like you only saw them say 40 or so years ago, we have an outstanding example of a Colt Modelo 1927 Argentine Contract Government Model Pistol.