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The all-steel Mustang was available in three finishes: blued, stainless, and nickel. 380 Auto, about $500 was available in blued or stainless finish while it was made. 380s are great firearms, and some would make better table lamps. Guns for the cartridge abound, some of them expensive, some of them like the ones tested here discontinued for a variety of reasons. Ammunition manufacturers have produced some excellent fodder in recent years for the tiny guns, but none of it can make a mountain-size stopper out of the molehill. Reloaders dont exactly flock to the diminutive cartridge, for a variety of reasons. Its hardly a plinking cartridge, because of the relatively high cost of ammunition, and because the pistols that chamber it are generally not all that accurate. 380 is not a cartridge many of us would pick for all-around use. Its been chambered in a host of small autoloading pistols, some of them quite famous, such as Walthers PPK. It was another of John Brownings designs, and has been known as the 9mm Kurz, 9×17, 9mm Browning Short, and. 380 cartridge has been around since early in the last century.
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These are easily concealed, a reliable CQ last ditch and parts are still available and Colt re-introduced the model, ensuring model longevity and a new market.Īnything NIB or LNIB, I would definitely inspect and if possible, test fire with std pressure range ammo.Ī Wolff recoil/trigger spring and a stainless trigger upgrade should be considered, particularly if the 380 has been sitting in the box/safe for awhile.Īs an aside in 9mm, was the Colt Pocket Nine made only in 1999, though a lawsuit from Kahr stopped production of the Colt Pocket Nine.The. And that's likely the reason for the popularity of the Colt. IMO, blued and Hogue grips for regular concealed carry would be better. If I found a very good NiteLite, I'd probably like that too. I've seen a very nice stainless with mother-of-pearl grips for me, a Mustang/MK IV in stainless with ivory grips looks nice for the collection. Values of the Mustangs vary greatly, from NIB, to LNIB to any other condition, as can be seen on. I don't have a Mustang (I am looking), so I can't comment on the P238 mags in the Colt, but I have heard and read, that P238 mags work just as well in the Mustang. The Mustang and SIG P238 share a lot of commonality, so recoil springs, guide rods, triggers, magazines and grips, can be shared from the Colt for the P238. Very little difference to tell the same models apart, other than that serial number.
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You can call Colt with the serial number and they can tell you the year manufactured and that's all. There were blued, nickel and stainless finishes and then there are the custom versions, from grips to finish. Longer barrel and an extra round.įrom 1986-1997 along came the Mustang, followed by (in no order) the Mustang II, PocketLite, Pony and NiteLite.
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380's inquired, were made from 1984 to 1997, with models beginning with the MK IV Series 80 in 1984. 380 was in 1908 for the locked breech design. Colt sold the rights and manufacturing to SIG, which resulted in the P238 but Colt kept the patents hence the new Mustangs now available.Ĭolt's first.
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