Originally Posted by
lyman
to expand on my post from a few years ago,
Springfield Armory, the commercial firm, not the US Gov't version, imported a lot of it's firearms,
either in completed or partially completed form
the 1911's were on South American Frames for a good bit,
the SAR 48/4800 (FAL) were Argentine IIRC,
and of course the XD's are made in Croatia,
surely they had access to some South or Latin American surplus years ago,
if I get a chance (as in remember) I 'll look thru the updated the Broad Arrow and see if BDF is in it