Llama M82: Anyone familiar with or owned one?

[ModIMark0]

I have been curious about the Llama M82 for a couple of years, but in-depth information on it does not really exist. When I mean 'in-depth information', I mean personal experiences with or magazine article tests and evaluations, not general data in 'Small Arms of the World'
The closest I have come is a French arms magazine called 'Cibles' (I think the translation is 'Targets'). It is from 1986 and contains a test and evaluation article that I am going to attempt to translate or transliterate.
I know that they had been imported by Stoeger Industries in 1990 (According to the 44th ed. of 'Gun Digest'), and the closest I have physically come to an M82 is finding a an aftermarket magazine for it at a gun show three years ago.
Does anyone own or been a previous owner of a Llama M82? If so, how is it in terms of reliability and accuracy? Do you know what its rough value is, since I am guessing that it is no longer imported and few had been imported. Thank you for any help with my questions.

 

[James K]

I never owned one and my personal experience is limited to working on two of them, which means test firing also. Like other Llamas, they are nice looking, but have a lot of handwork and are not as hardened as they should be for the money. They were not especially accurate and I felt that improvement would not be economically feasible, given what I considered the relatively poor quality of the platform. I think I would go for something else.

Jim

 

[old hawk]

theyre investment or drop forged,like all pieces theyre are good lots and bad lots in each batch,my llama.45 iv-a consistently shoots 1-2" groups at 25 yards all day long in a 4 inch circle.as far as castings go,i like the process here,ive seen rugers castings after being finished off the line with pockmarks from air bubbles,but still shot decently.try this number for import sports who deals them now.732-493-0302.chances are you can get mags thru them without much headaches,i ended up getting the pamphlets on mine for zip after an email.do a search on bersa-llama on the net to get theyre web sight as well,they dont list the older models which they shouldve but have some new stuff also.