Found one - Llama .380
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:07 pm
After missing out on that Llama in the For Sale section, I started watching for them. Today I was in Cabelas and checked their used gun case. They had a .380 Llama there for $199 in nice condition. It didn't take long before that was following me out the door - in the hands of Tom, the sales clerk.
Once I got it home and looked it over I realized it had not been fired. No marks at all on the ramp. The only defects were two identical scratches at the front of the slide where the dust cover probably hit it during a clumsy field strip.
This thing is an exact 3/4-scale copy of a 1911A1. It has the barrel bushing, link, lockup lugs, grip safety etc. All-steel, blued with checkered walnut grips. The only difference is an external extractor like Kimber uses.
Now the hard decision is to shoot it or not. Probably will shoot it. But before I do I will try to find another one that has been fired. I'm hesitant to deflower a virgin gun that could end up collectible.
I would like to find out how old this is. Appearance says it's fairly new, but the serial number is much lower (135XXX) than Llama serial numbers I am finding online for Llama guns made in the 1980s. Unless the sequence is different.
Any suggestions for determining born-on date?
Once I got it home and looked it over I realized it had not been fired. No marks at all on the ramp. The only defects were two identical scratches at the front of the slide where the dust cover probably hit it during a clumsy field strip.
This thing is an exact 3/4-scale copy of a 1911A1. It has the barrel bushing, link, lockup lugs, grip safety etc. All-steel, blued with checkered walnut grips. The only difference is an external extractor like Kimber uses.
Now the hard decision is to shoot it or not. Probably will shoot it. But before I do I will try to find another one that has been fired. I'm hesitant to deflower a virgin gun that could end up collectible.
I would like to find out how old this is. Appearance says it's fairly new, but the serial number is much lower (135XXX) than Llama serial numbers I am finding online for Llama guns made in the 1980s. Unless the sequence is different.
Any suggestions for determining born-on date?