Colt 380

NIGHTLORD40K said:

About the only issue I had with it was lack of availability of spare magazines.

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I found an extended magazine for a Mustang which fits perfectly once the plastic finger piece is removed. Just another option.

I love mine, particularly for only being into it for $300.
I find the Mustang just a hair too small to my taste, so the GM is a "goldilocks" for me.

I bought this one about 6 months ago. It has gun oil on it, so looks cloudy. Nice finish actually. Have not even gotten a chance to shoot it yet.

I used to own one. Nice little gun. I think you had a great deal. The most important thing with these little Colts is the quality of the magazine: from this depends most of the reliability of this pistol in my experience.

5-Shots

Have been using only factory magazines with my Colt Mustang, including a couple of 7 shot magazines from the Government .380 I use to have. Never a problem with any of them; one of the things I definitely value about this gun is how reliable it is.

bannockburn said:

5-Shots

Have been using only factory magazines with my Colt Mustang, including a couple of 7 shot magazines from the Government .380 I use to have. Never a problem with any of them; one of the things I definitely value about this gun is how reliable it is.

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My little Colt stainless was originally purchased new by my father in 1992 or something like that. It came with one magazine. Twenty years or so later the gun was given to me and I purchased a spare stainless steel Colt magazine from Midway; it wasn't as good as the one that came with the pistol; it had some dimensional differences in the feed lips and the shape of the follower was also slightly different; it had also a stiffer spring. Those things combined made the pistol not 100% reliable with the new magazine. For "serious" use I always used the one that came with the pistol. Just my experience.
I loved the little Colt, how it looked and how it shooted, but since it started to become a safe queen it had no more room in my safe. Sold to purchase the Pardini.