DeepSouth
Random Guy
First let me explain how I got it. A guy I work with needed a bench vise I told him I had just found an old one in my shop a few days ago and would be willing to sell it to him. Well, it never went much further than that, we never discussed a price. The next day I was looking a gun magazine reading a article about the 45XD and he said "I have a gun, well I have several guns but one pistol" of course I replied "I have a bench vise"
So long story short He told me he thought it was a 32, or maybe a 380 he couldn't remember, what ever it was he said it was stainless. So not knowing what the gun was I told him what the heck we'll trade tomorrow, I didn't really need another bench vise anyway. So the next day I'm hoping he brings me a Seecamp but figuring it would probably be a Jennings or something. Well, we make the trade and bring home, not a stainless 32, but a Chrome Bryco (Jennings) 380.
This thing is a piece of work. I had never handled a Jennings before but I took it down to clean it up and this thing scares me. The whole thing is made of pot metal and plastic, except for the the barrel and firing pin. The only thing holding the slide on is a little hook like piece of pot metal at the back and the barrel at the front, no slide rails, the trigger parts are stamped out sheet metal and the safety is plastic.
With all that said if you like "Gangster Guns" this one doesn't look bad. The chrome is in pretty good shape and it doesn't look like it has been carried at all.
Anyway, I don't know what to do with this thing. I haven't shot it because it's a 380 and I don't have any ammo.......surprise, surprise. If I sell it I might get $50 bucks for it, I think they were about $80 new if I remember right. I'm not even considering carrying it, a buddy of mine told me to bury it, and I think he was serious. I could keep it in case I know someone who needs a gun one day, but if they "need" one I wouldn't want them to have this one. I was thinking about a Buy Back but I don't think we have those in AL, if we do I've never heard of it.
So what should I do with this thing? Better yet what would you do with it?
I really wish he had brought me a Seecamp.
Here's some pics I took because I'm board.
So long story short He told me he thought it was a 32, or maybe a 380 he couldn't remember, what ever it was he said it was stainless. So not knowing what the gun was I told him what the heck we'll trade tomorrow, I didn't really need another bench vise anyway. So the next day I'm hoping he brings me a Seecamp but figuring it would probably be a Jennings or something. Well, we make the trade and bring home, not a stainless 32, but a Chrome Bryco (Jennings) 380.
This thing is a piece of work. I had never handled a Jennings before but I took it down to clean it up and this thing scares me. The whole thing is made of pot metal and plastic, except for the the barrel and firing pin. The only thing holding the slide on is a little hook like piece of pot metal at the back and the barrel at the front, no slide rails, the trigger parts are stamped out sheet metal and the safety is plastic.
With all that said if you like "Gangster Guns" this one doesn't look bad. The chrome is in pretty good shape and it doesn't look like it has been carried at all.
Anyway, I don't know what to do with this thing. I haven't shot it because it's a 380 and I don't have any ammo.......surprise, surprise. If I sell it I might get $50 bucks for it, I think they were about $80 new if I remember right. I'm not even considering carrying it, a buddy of mine told me to bury it, and I think he was serious. I could keep it in case I know someone who needs a gun one day, but if they "need" one I wouldn't want them to have this one. I was thinking about a Buy Back but I don't think we have those in AL, if we do I've never heard of it.
So what should I do with this thing? Better yet what would you do with it?
I really wish he had brought me a Seecamp.
Here's some pics I took because I'm board.