Tony, You posted your prize recently and I was wondering how you liked it. I saw a couple of versions on Auction Arms that look pretty nice and so far are low budget guns. I thought they might be fun range guns for Jenny and the boys to shoot. It's a shame they don't make many guns like the old Llama .80's that are kind of a scaled down full size gun with a scaled down caliber. I know Miss Melodie likes he Browning .380 1911.

Anyways, these are some of the ones I was looking at:

http://www.gunauction.com/buy/13723011

http://www.gunauction.com/buy/13727262

Well, I guess the hammered version might be more desirable as the price has jumped up sine I last looked. Not as surprising, the 9mm version has far outran the .32 caliber versions.

http://www.gunauction.com/buy/13728229

Still an interesting looking pistol.

Thanks for any thoughts on these or similar.

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I have never even seen a Modele R in 9mm! Very rare! Given the way the gun is built, I wonder if it is a locked breech or relies on a mondo recoil spring?

As for the Modele D, mine is exquisitely machined. It is a well built pistol, and I am quite pleased with how it handles and shoots. I can't see any downside other than it is a large, steel framed pistol for a small, mild cartridge. Which means it is exceedingly pleasant to fool around with when shooting.

I suppose you could pack one if you were feeling very retro, the safety is well situated, but the sights are not meant for my old eyes.

Otony