![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rigaud eventually became HAFDASA’s chief design engineer, while Ballester Molina, originally responsible for metallurgy, heat treatment, and production methodologies, became HAFDASA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Several years later, HAFDASA hired a pair of engineers, the frenchman Rorice Rigaud, and Carlos Ballester Molina (a member of both the Ballester and Molina families). The name of this company was Hispano Argentina Fabrica de Automoviles Sociedad Anonima (HAFDASA), or Spanish-Argentine Automobile Factory, Incorporated. The history of the Ballester-Molina dates back to 1929 when two enterprising Spaniards, Arturo Ballester and Eugenio Molina established a company for producing Hispano-Suiza automotive products in Buenos Aires. The Ballester–Molina was designed to serve The Ballester–Molina was designed to offer 45-caliber semi-automatic featuredĪ pair of vertically grooved wooden grips, a hammer-blocking thumb safety,Īnd an inertial firing pin that made it possible to safely lower Noticeably, the 1911’s grip safety was replaced with a solid backstrap. HAFDASA developed a pistol combining elements ofīrowning’s 1911 series with elements of the Spanish Star Model P. 45 Model 1927.īallester–Molina (previously Ballester–Rigaud) 1 to 10,000 and markings of the Argentine Army and would be called Colt Cal. In 1927, Colt produced about 10,000 Colt M1911A1 pistols, which would carry Argentine's own numbering. Manufactured by the Military Weapons Factory "Domingo Matheu".Ĭopied the M1911A1 under license from the Colt Sistema Colt Modelo 1927 (Colt System Model 1927) Numbers Produced at FMAP Rosario and Serial Numbers, 1945-1966 SOURCE:Las Armas Largas y Cortas del Ejercito Argentino, by Celso Juiz, Editorial Universitaria del Ejercito-Buenos Aires,Argentina 2017 was a short-lived successor to Ballester Molina that assembled and sold left over parts and guns. I'm trying to buy a 1947 Argentine Colt 1911A!, but I have found conflicting information on the serial number years:Īpparently Armotor,S.A. ![]()
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