

It is a copy of a 1927 Colt GM (M1911-A1 style) except for one or two minor details. with D.G.F.M - (F.M.A.P.) marked on left side, and which was manufactured in Argentina after 1945 until 1966. The Pistola Sistema "Colt" Modelo Argentino 1927, Calibre 11,25 mm. The Argentine Sistema Colts can be divided into 3 main groups: The sistemas and all the old guns that were made before the 90s the cal they have is 11.25mm while the guns made after they will 45 plg ACP Here we have to pics, sorry about low quality but i'm not near home and i don't have a camara or a cellphone with a good camera, just an old cellphone, that i keep just in case. Having said all that, I must admit that I live in Greece, where we generally like (almost) all-things metric, and when I was in the army, we called the M1911A1 simply "The 45".Among the troops it was just plain 11.25 when being formal or pepas in the informal use. It could have been the "11.25mm Colt" among the troops. So, an official caliber name like " Colt Cal. Adding a name after (or before) the number was only common sense, as this was a time when many new pistol and rifle calibers were introduced with some regularity. There were also the 7.65mm Browning, the 9mm Short, a.k.a. What we now call simply '9mm' or '9x19mm', was called 9mm Parabellum (or Luger). Metric caliber names usually came with a 'descriptive' part, to set them apart from others. 11.25mm" would seem like an acceptable way of denoting the gun's caliber.

(F.M.A.P.)' was simply the responsible procuring and/or inspection 'authority', but I could be wrong.Īlso, I don't entirely agree that "Cal.

Note that the American-made, 'Hartford-Argentine' M1927s, don't have it. I thought that 'Sistema' is the name of the Argentine company that made these guns.
