Man, I should have paid better attention to the Argentine 1911's back then. All I ever saw around here was the beat to hell ones that looked like they had been left out in the weather before, during, and after the Falklands War.

A friend has a nice non-import Balistar Molina that was brought back from Argentina during the early 60's. Beautiful bluing and shot very little. IIRC, his father worked for a company that was contracted with the Argentine military and it was a gift. I have tried talking him out of it several times but no go.