Any Coonan owners among us?

The Coonan functioned perfectly.....It might possibly be the coolest handgun that I have ever shot! The recoil is no worse than my 45 ACP 1911 even when shooting full house 357 loads.....but the muzzle blast is a sight (and sound) to behold.....just incredible! Everyone at the range just had to see what all the racket was about.

If you have the means and are even remotely interested in this type of gun I highly recommend you get one while the gettin's good.....
 
I love mine. Go through 100 rounds every time at the range. For some damned reason most other people at the range don't want to try it. Its bark is WAY more worse than its bite (at least on the shooter's end).
 
Months later and I still love the pistol. It is extremely accurate.....from top end 38 special loads to stout 357 loads this thing shoots like a dream. I've got a cast 140 grain TC bullet load pushed by H110 worked up that is accurate in both the Coonan and my GP100.....power and accuracy across different platforms.....what's not to love?

I revived this older post to let you guys know that the pistol has been very reliable. The quality of the materials used to build the gun are also excellent. It cleans up easily and still looks brand new after a thousand rounds or so. The Coonan 357 truly is a classic that is worth a look if you have some extra cash and want something to pull out of the case that very few people have ever laid eyes on.
 
I have a Coonan Classic with a 6 inch barrel and a Coonan Compact with a 4ish inch barrel.

I love mine, They run really well. For holsters I had to go to a custom dealer but they made it for me and it looks good.

I think if you are looking for cheaper I would go with a 10mm. Same power and they tend to have much higher capacity.

If you want it for the cool factor I think the Coonan is hard to beat.

You do gain a fair amount of velocity compared to the same barrel length of revolver (At least at 6 inches). My Coonan tends to gain about 80-120FPS (depending on bullet weight) over my 6 inch 686.
 
In my experience, there are two places that you'll see visible wear as your Coonan goes from brand new to lovingly used.

First place is on top of the slide, directly behind the ejection port. This area takes a beating of deflected, bouncing brass. Maybe not every single shot, but I bet with at least every magazine. This part of the slide is a matte/brushed/dull finish, which makes it all but impossible to even try to clean up the brass markings. It looks like someone took a brass hammer and tapped all over the area. And I liken this "wear" to the cylinder face of a revolver -- even if you could clean this up, it's going to go immediately back as soon as you shoot it again.

The other spot is a little more annoying... the cut out in the slide where the slide stop engages will peen and the corner wants to curl up slightly and it becomes very sharp. Mine hasn't caused any function issues, so I have elected (so far) to let sleeping dogs lie. But it is very sharp. Too sharp. Could draw blood.

Look for these on your new(ish) Coonan!
 
I've had mine(5in classic) since July with close to 600 rounds fired,mostly reloads. It is without a doubt one of the most fun handguns I own. Very accurate and man does it draw attention at the range. Its in my range bag most of the time. No problems with a variety of loads or other issues. If you like the 1911 platform you will not be disappointed.
 
You've a real Tommy? Congrats!

Or just the long-barreled semi-auto version?

The Coonans are g2g. There is some debate as to weather the .357 is really much improved as far as stopping power over some of the hot .45 auto max-expansion hollow tips abound, or if you prefer light and fast, the 125 .357 hollows make a good impact on target.
 
You've a real Tommy? Congrats!

Or just the long-barreled semi-auto version?
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I wish.....unfortunately it's just the lowly long barrel semi version. But it is a real head turner and is extremely fun to shoot. Very, very reliable and quite accurate too....I purchased it as a curiosity.....Look at it a lot and shoot it a little.
 
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