Quote Originally Posted by Samizat45 View Post
In 1983 when I bought my first 1911A1 (1911 frame, A1 slide, obviously a parts gun) from Field & Stream in JHB, the prevailing story about these particular guns is that they were all being exported from Vietnam where the USA had dumped them/lost them/whatever.

Someone like Rick Pascoe would probably have more insight here.

What I mean to say is that these guns may have also been connected to/ found their way to Zimbabwe.
Cheers. Mine's a "bitsa", WW II Union Switch & Signal frame unknown slide and barrel as there are no markings on it and has what I suspect is a Kimber magazine lol.