I am researching (and trying to restore) a handgun a friend has given me. Here are the some of the particulars:
The Mfg. is Llama, it looks like a miniaturized government model 1911, but it is a .32acp. It was found in a basement and has some surface rust, I have stripped it completely down and it is in an oil bath. This has worked well as a lot of the rust has come off without any work at all. The slide has these markings:
Left side: Cal. 7.65m/m (32) "LLAMA" ESPECIAL
Right Side: GABILONDO Y CLH ??????? ESPANA
S/N 147XXX
? = UNKNOW due to surface corrosion
I have found this gun in Numrich gun parts catalog, it needs a magazine and mainspring. In the catalog there are two magazines listed one is "old model" and the other is "new model" does anybody know how to tell which one I have? Does anybody have any general history / info on the piece? Mechanically it is in good shape just the surface corrosion and it is dirty. Any help would be appreciated.
The Mfg. is Llama, it looks like a miniaturized government model 1911, but it is a .32acp. It was found in a basement and has some surface rust, I have stripped it completely down and it is in an oil bath. This has worked well as a lot of the rust has come off without any work at all. The slide has these markings:
Left side: Cal. 7.65m/m (32) "LLAMA" ESPECIAL
Right Side: GABILONDO Y CLH ??????? ESPANA
S/N 147XXX
? = UNKNOW due to surface corrosion
I have found this gun in Numrich gun parts catalog, it needs a magazine and mainspring. In the catalog there are two magazines listed one is "old model" and the other is "new model" does anybody know how to tell which one I have? Does anybody have any general history / info on the piece? Mechanically it is in good shape just the surface corrosion and it is dirty. Any help would be appreciated.