![]() Both guns are in excellent condition with hammer and sear pins within ordnance specifications. I own two Model 1927 Argentine Colts serial numbers 97 respectively. This suggests that the British contract guns were produced concurrently with guns for the Argentine military, and to some extent were drawn at random to fill the British order. This pistol will soon replace my 1917 production Colt 1911 as my primary duty pistol. On some of these guns, other numbers can be found that have other explanations -in particular the B-prefix British contract numbers, which ascend generally with the factory s/ns, but do not match the s/n, and do not correspond in sequence with the s/ns. It strains credulity to conclude that these are "rack or issue" numbers. ![]() The number is clearly factory-applied, in exactly the same distinctive font, and (unless parts have been replaced) matches the s/n on the mainspring housing. All of the many Ballester-Molinas that I have examined that still have their original barrels also have the serial number stamped on the barrel over the chamber, and many (though not all) have it stamped also on the floor plates of their magazines. I do not believe the statement is accurate. The Serial number is 1950 and is marked on the top of the slide and on the barrel. Any other digits are rack or issue numbers. The pistol was 1 of the 10,000 made for the Argentine Government. To which I will add a comment regarding one statement presented above:Īlso, to repeat what has been posted numerous times, Ballester serial numbers are located in two places only underneath the slide and on the lower portion of the left side of the mainspring housing.
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