Aguila Blanca
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No, not the same manufacturer. There are three major 1911 manufacturers in the Philippines: Armscor (Rock Island), Shooters Arms Manufacturing (S.A.M.), and Metro Arms (American Classic). Metro Arms are imported to the U.S. by Eagle Imports, the same company that used to handle the Firestorm brand when Firestorm 1911s were made by Llama in Spain. Eagle and Metro Arms have brought back the Llama name (for reasons not disclosed).Slamfire said:Looked at a LLama, it is a filipino pistol. Same as the Rock Island, just different safety, sights, trigger, trim. The Llama was very tight, the trigger was not as good as my Rock Island. No doubt same manufacturer, different brand name.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/01/robert-farago/new-from-eagle-imports/
It gets murkier because Armscor's new Baby Rock .380 ACP pistol is a direct clone of the Llama MicroMax 380 -- but with no claim to the Llama name, which is perhaps now controlled by Eagle Imports.