Anyone know anything about the Llama Especial .380?

[AR1911]

I made two purchases this week:

1 - Llama .380 made in 1987, parts gun/project. firing pin included.

I also have 4 Llamas from the 1940s, so I'll compare those pins as well.

2 - Emco Compact 5 CNC lathe  - Learning project. Never done CNC, and a firing pin looks like an ideal project to learn on.



 

[tombogan03884]

I made two purchases this week:

1 - Llama .380 made in 1987, parts gun/project. firing pin included.

I also have 4 Llamas from the 1940s, so I'll compare those pins as well.

2 - Emco Compact 5 CNC lathe  - Learning project. Never done CNC, and a firing pin looks like an ideal project to learn on.

 I run CNC milling centers, not lathes, but some of the info is transferable. Plan on crashing and breaking tooling
Make sure you start from the Origin position, Have fun 

[AR1911]

I have some plastic rod to practice on.

[tombogan03884]

I have some plastic rod to practice on.

It's not so much that as the machine starting it's movement X number of inches from where it THINKS it's starting from. Loud noise, Not good 
Yes, that is the voice of experience   
Best bet is to ALWAYS "dry run" before you start cranking out parts. Select "dry run" then set your rapid traverse REAL slow 10 - 20 % that way if it starts to do something funky you can troubleshoot the problem BEFORE you drive the toolholder 2 inches into the spindle.

[AR1911]

Tom, sounds like you are just the guy to make our firing pins 

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[DDMac]

No rush Tom!! But I'll take two please. 
Mac.

[CZShooter]

Thanks, all, for the great feedback (as usual  ). However, when I went back to the gun shop, they had a "like new" Taurus 905 revolver...So I got that instead. Well...I put it on layaway...so I'll have it sometime in the future. The 905 is basically the model 85 chambered in 9mm Luger. I've always wanted a wheel gun...and I already reload 9s...so, I think it worked out well.

[tombogan03884]

Tom, sounds like you are just the guy to make our firing pins 

I don't know turning centers, but a lot of the things that can mess you up on millers are the same.   

[scootertrash]

does any one know where i can find a llama 111A firing pin and a mag

[AR1911]

does any one know where i can find a llama 111A firing pin and a mag

Mags are readily available. Ive bought some online and some from gun shows. ProMag is preferred, but the Triple-Ks will usually work.

Did you try Numrich aka e-gunparts.com for the firing pin?

I just got a replacement plunger tube there.
They did not have the slidelock, which I also need.