American Arms escort .380 ??

[Rex B]

I found one of these in a local pawn shop.
All stainless, very slim pocket pistol.
It seemed to be very well made, in Italy.

I've searched the web and found little info on them.
Apparently only imported 1993-1995.

Does anyone have any experience with them?
Owners manual perhaps?

What is a like new example worth?

 

[Pa.Bill]

From what I can find.................
AA Escort .380acp DA only, 3 3/8 barrel, 7 shot mag --Mfg 1995-1997
100% $285.00

That sound like the one??

 

[Ron James]

I'm doing this by memory, I believe at the time it was tested by the American Rifleman. Very thin, less than 1 " wide, thin grips, all stainless steel. The report also said it was brutal to shoot because it was so thin, all the force came back in a narrow line across your palm. Nice looking. I handled one and was impressed with it's construction. Unfortunately, because it was made for so short a time, parts would be non existing.

 

[JohnBT]

A buddy had one and I don't recall it kicking at all. It's relatively heavy for a little old .380.

But then again, I now shoot a Rohrbaugh.

Good point about the parts. I've never checked to see if there're any floating around.

John

 

[Rex B]

I went back and bought one of them, mostly because they looked so nice.
Seems well made. This one is unfired. The barrel looks to have only a trace of rifling - almost a smoothbore. Hmm. It is a blowback pistol, so recoil would be more than a .380 Llama or Keltec with locking breech. Excellent craftsmanship throughout, almost entirely SS. No safety of any kind, but a loaded chamber indicater.
Well, I'll try it out at the range in a few days.

Definitely thin. Slide is .675, grips are .825.

For comparison, a Keltec P3AT, known for being flat, is .750 at the slide, .785 on the grip frame just below the slide, and .740 on the grip.

Correction: Barrel has polygonal rifling.