-> anybody out there who is familiar with a .45 made in argentina during
 -> the late 30s into the early 40s, that is referred to as a
 -> Ballester-Molina model (the name of the armory that produced the 
stols)?
 DA> He either has, or had, an Argentine-made licensed copy of the Colt
 DA> 1911.  He likes (or liked) his.
  The Argentine Colt copies are usually referred to as 'Sistena's. I have one 
and am aware of the Ballester-Molina. They are two different pistols 
entirely. The latter _appears_ to be a Colt copy at first glance. But it's 
not.
--- Maximus 2.02
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