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
Lyman, the FALs (SAR-48 and SAR-4800) were sorced out of Brazil. I remember Reese Surplus back in the 1980s selling M1911A1 slides with Colt markings on one side and Brazilian markings on the other. Mase a couple pistols out of those.
Back in 1986 I was PCS'ing to Defense Language Institute. While driving through Illinois I visited Springfield Armory, Simpson's and Reese surplus. Piles of the stuff, and cheap. But then again E-5 pay was not a lot.
Enfield, everything else is just a rifle. Unless it's a Garand.
Long pig, it's what's for Dinner!