Another quick update from Buenos Aires, Argentina as Gene Kelly and AGI go around the world looking for interesting information about firearms for you, our Inner Circle Members.

I found an excellent Arms Museum in Buenos Aires. It’s the official National Arms Museum of Argentina and it has a wide range of firearms, swords, bayonets, and light cannons.

I spent quite a bit of time there over two days. First, getting permission to film video and then again to shoot video to bring you a fairly extensive overview of the collect.

Argentina went through a number of wars with its neighboring countries over the last 100-plus years and had military dictatorships for much of its existence. As a result, the Argentina Military and Police purchased numerous firearms over the years. They also designed and manufactured a number of firearms. A few designs such as the FN-FAL they manufactured under license in Argentina. The government sponsored factory still manufactures a clone of the Browning Hi-power.

The result of all this is that Argentina has a wide variety of firearms on display, selected from the various models used through the last Century and a Half. For a smaller museum it has a very interesting collection and includes some guns and variations that I had never seen before.

I believe that our shooting video in the museum for outside viewing was a first. The Curator was out of the country so we were not able to have him take the guns out of the cases, but we still got some excellent video that you should find interesting and we will be adding it to an upcoming issue of GunTech.

Next I will be going to the BERSA Arms Factory for a private tour and filming of how they manufacture their pistols, so be watching for an update on that.

Gene