Last decent 1911 I got for under $300, was one l bought a long time ago. An old Argentine, one of my favorites. Just the frame and slide left but dang, it will shoot. $195 in select condition. Would not be opposed to one, but have not seen any lately under $500. .
I ordered one of those for about that price, back when that was a thing. Instead of sending me an Argentine Sistema, though, they actually sent me a 1927 made commercial Colt that had been roll marked Property of the Argentine Federal Police in Spanish. It had evidently been refinished since it left the factory. Shot well, but had hardly any rifling left in the barrel. All it's parts were identical to those found on the very first USGI 1911 A1s produced by Colt. These were called the Hartford Argentine 1911s, because they were actually made in Hartford Connecticut by Colt. Argentina originally ordered them from Colt, and only later started making their own Sistema version of it.
