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Of the Troops & For the Troops

Matt,

I'll take the Ballister. Email sent.

Lotsa memories with these. They were one of the "hardware store" guns of the old days, and we bought and traded them around by the armload. One of my oldest friends set out to make his fire blanks by threading the barrel and screwing in ever smaller barrel restrictors to build enough pressure to run the action. He went one size too small. Blew both grips off, drove the mag into the ground at his feet, and sent the slide sailing over his head. He wisely abandoned the project, restored the old BM, and owns it to this day, shooting hardball as well as it ever did...

At one point a few years ago, I owned one each of the contract Argentine 1911s. Beautifull guns, but nobody seemed to care.:) The "1927" was a real beauty, built by Colt to commercial specs and finish. The last true Colt Design Argentine gun was the "F.M.A.P." These were on a par with the BMs pricewise, but being a "Colt" instead of a "Star" they drew a bigger audience.

JLF