Colt Mustang

[joshualee49]

So, I'm on the way to Roush this morning to meet up with a few INGO friends and I stop by Riverside Bait and Tackle on the north side of Marion. The Mrs. needed to get some hooks and sinkers and we figured we'd pick up a few targets while we were there.

...and what do I see, you ask?

Yup, a Colt Mustang 380. Not the new one - this was an original version. I couldn't help but fondle it while my wife was looking around the shop. The guy had $699.00 on it - a little much in my opinion. It was a little rough around the edges. Still, it took quite a bit of willpower not to start haggling over the price. I have always wanted one of these little gems.

So, let me live vicariously through someone and YOU go buy it.

Then let me shoot it.

 

[shooter521]

Nice! We took in a Colt Gov't .380 Pocketlite last week; it didn't last long. IMO, $699 is WAY high on a used Mustang, when the new ones are (or will be) selling for about $600.

 

[joshualee49]

Nice! We took in a Colt Gov't .380 Pocketlite last week; it didn't last long. IMO, $699 is WAY high on a used Mustang, when the new ones are (or will be) selling for about $600.

Sweet! It's just a gun that I NEVER see around here in the LGS. It was sort of like being star struck, even though I know the price was too high.

I don't know - I haven't really dug into the new variant and how (if any) it differs from the original. I may just wind up going with a new pocketlite some time down the road. At least then I will know it's history and such...

 

[shooter521]

I haven't really dug into the new variant and how (if any) it differs from the original.

It doesn't, aside from being made out of better materials on more modern machinery. The one I shot in January was nearly identical to the original, cosmetically, but felt more "solid" and had a much smoother action and better trigger than the "vintage" Mustangs I've handled. Shot very well, with no malfunctions or other issues to report (like the slide stop falling out, as was common with the originals).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_BUHPEp_Uuw

 

[drillsgt]

Too high, with the new ones theoretically available people who have these haven't realized yet that they are just not worth that much now.

 

[joshualee49]

Shooter - good vid. I think I'll just hang tight until the winter and try to pick up a new model. It'll give me time to save up anyway

 

[joshualee49]

....and NOW McDonald's has a brand new Pocketlite in stock for $659.00.

WHY is this gun TAUNTING me?!?!?

 

[TwinTurbo]

....and NOW McDonald's has a brand new Pocketlite in stock for $659.00.

WHY is this gun TAUNTING me?!?!?

A McRib and a new pocketlite is a combo I can get behind.

I'm waiting for these to become readily available.

 

[mtb1981]

Nice gun but overpriced.