drdougrx
Always liked the Llama 380, cool looking gun.
Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 06:04

One of the 380s that sold under the Llama name (I think) was actually made by Erma and was a bit smoother running than the standard Llama version. I don't remember if the Erma gun actually had the Llama name on it or not. A lot of slick little guns came in from Europe late in the 1980s in both the pistols and the compact little rifles. In most cases the finish was considerably nicer than the standard U.S. made pistols and most were more reliable.
I had a good friend in a fellow named Joe who owned J&G down in Prescott. I had my own shop in Santa Fe at the time and got some really unusual guns from Joe. Joe would call me and tell me to write a check for a keg of guns he had coming,
"don't ask questions, just write a check".
The keg was actually a keg, full of guns. One shipment was Colt 22 pistols, the Woodsman, Targetsman, and other 22 Colt pistols. The odd thing is all the guns were in the white, no bluing on them at all.
One other shipment was also pistols in 22 caliber. It was a keg full of Walther PPs in 22 LR and again no finish on them, all in the white. And the odd thing was each of these guns had a threaded barrel. These days we wouldn't give it a second look but in 1985 it was unusual.
Another batch of guns in a wooden box was a dozen short barrel 12 gauge shotguns. They were Winchester Model 12 and the brass plate on the side of the guns said Idaho State Prison. I wanted to keep one but I was in business to sell guns not keep every one I liked.

Up above Scotty was talking about the Llama guns. He didn't mention the Llama Super Comanche . When the Smith model 29s were selling for 3 to 4 times retail we were selling the Llama Super Comanche in 44 Magnum at about $300 if my memory is working. It was a slick gun too. A 6" big and beefy like the model 29. Vent rib on the barrel and nice finish too. They weren't easy to get as not all our distributors carried them for some reason.
There were a lot of neat and unusual guns back in the 80s. If we only had about half of the new guns today that were offered back then and at those prices it would be a grand time for gun lovers.

If I think of some of the guns from those days
I will post them on here.