Another little Llama .32

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by rolandtg

There's no cast parts in my pistol that I can tell. I think it was later, '70's-80's, that Llama began using cast parts and that's when their reputation began to suffer.

Here's a link with more Llama info than you can shake several sticks at https://carbinesforcollectors.com/llamapage.html

Your time frame may just be right concerning the transition to casting technology, roughly the same as when Mauser made Parabellums, which also use the tech. I think also with the change, the frames from then on were a fraction of an inch wider. Anyway, the difference can be spotted by the surface textures inside the frame and on small parts. The earliest of mine have small parts that were obviously made and fitted by hand.