Whoaaaa.
That is the handgun my Dad used to teach me to shoot. In 1968.
No idea why he chose that make, model, caliber, but, he bought it in response to the Detroit riots in '67. I suspect he purchased it as he was a kid during WW2, who doesn't love the guns of their childhood? lol
Strange, as he was a Navy vet and his father-in-law, my grandfather, was a Detroit cop. There were so many better choices that he could have had delivered to the house pre 68.
Anyway, eventually, meaning within a couple of years, it stopped cycling and sat, unused, for decades. In their original form, they were deeply blued, pretty pistols, but not terribly well made, or reliable.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane OP.
That said, this is not worth $400 of your hard earned money. Unless it was in perfect condition, came with the original case, which was orange, and the paperwork, it's a $200, if that, gun. And, even then, you need to know a real gunsmith who can make parts.
Even if it's not a paperweight today, at nearly 60 years old, it won't be long.
