Another little Llama .32

ithacaartist · 11-26-2019, 12:12 AM

Nice pistol, Dana. I like the .32s as well--except maybe when it comes time to buy ammo.

Your XA and the XV (.22) are contemporary with the first IIIAs (.380) after the Model III, IIRC. Wide based mags for all, coarser checkering on the wooden grips, no lanyard loops on the "Especial" versions. I believe this is also when production changed to cast parts instead of parts machined from scratch.

If you take this apart, you'll find most of the parts--the major components and internals, particularly the fitted ones-- have a 3-digit number (unrelated to the serial number) used to keep them together during production.

11-26-2019, 12:12 AM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	Nice pistol, Dana. I like the .32s as well--except maybe when it comes time to buy ammo. Your XA and the XV (.22) are contemporary with the first IIIAs (.380) after the Model III, IIRC. Wide based mags for all, coarser checkering on the wooden grips, no lanyard loops on the "Especial" versions. I believe this is also when production changed to cast parts instead of parts machined from scratch. If you take this apart, you'll find most of the parts--the major components and internals, particularly the fitted ones-- have a 3-digit number (unrelated to the serial number) used to keep them together during production. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894