Colt Mustang Pocket light?'s

[ddj8052]

I walked into my local gunshop today an found a 95% Colt Mustang Pocket light (I think this was the exact model). I have always wanted one of these Colt Mustangs. It was in very very good condition. The gun looked as though it had never been fired. There were a couple of small scratches in the frame, but other wise looked perfect. The owner of the gun was still finishing his paper work, when I put down some money to hold it for me. They had not finished when I went back to work, but the shop owner figured that it would probably be about $300. So what do you guys think? Is this a good deal? What do you all think of yours?

And please post pics of your mustangs . Thanks

 

[Brian D.]

$300 is such a good price, in your place I'd check the gun thoroughly to make sure it's in good working order!

 

[mattk]

go buy! Great price. They are getting harder to find. I love my Government .380 pocketlite.

 

[carebear]

$300 is about as good as I've ever seen. Grab it.

 

[Coltdriver]

You have your marching orders, now go buy the gun!

Seriously if you did not like it you should be able to easily turn that pistol for $400 and if I was selling it I would start at $500.

They are just not that common. For the people who really want one you can get fairly silly money for them.

I had a Mustang but it was too heavy for what it was. The Pocketlite changes all of that. I went from the Mustang to the Pony Pocketlite, same caliber, much lighter.

The locked breech makes for very soft shooting.

 

[COK]

That would be a great price in my area- when you see them , and they do not come up that often in the local shops ,they are $425 - $525 for the pocket light.

 

[concerned citizen]

Great price, great little gun!

 

[Mannlicher]

I traded my used one straight up, for a NIB Browning HP Practical in .40 S&W. $300 is a steal.
PS, I hated that little piece of crap.

 

[GaryK]

I had one that I used for a CCW for awhile. I ended up trading it for a S&W 696. I was always a little leary carring it cocked and locked in my pocket. A good IWB holster would have fixed this though. Mine was pretty accurate. I used it to take my CCL test.

 

[erikd65]

I would jump on it ... but check it out nice and good. I will be looking for one maybe at the upcoming gun show or whereever.

 

[GrandmasterB]

I bought one a couple of years ago in similar condition for $395 and thought I got a heck of a deal -- so jump on it at $300!!

 

[keederdag]

Lookin for one myself! Wondering if I should go with all stainless though.....I sweat on the poor things and I also like to shoot them alot when I carry e'm! Thinkin the alloy frame may be a no-no? whadya think??

 

[Kestrel]

That's a great price. A dealership I deal with gets one in every now and then, but tries to gouge on the price at about $595, depending on condition. (Actually, these are not the Mustang Pocketlites - they are usually regular Mustangs or a full size Gvmt .380.)

And they are not in that good a condition. It seems invariably, the previous owner has done some hack-job home gunsmithing to "smooth" the feed ramp or paint the front sight orange or replace the mag with an off-brand mag or something is not quite right with them. (Maybe they're getting them all from the same guy...)

I don't know if it's all of them, but the one's I looked at didn't lock the slide when in condition 1. That bugged me enough that I kind of stopped being interested in them.

Steve

 

[Tim L]

If you are going to shoot one a lot, either keep an eye out for a stainless one or find a blued one to shoot and use the pocket lite for carry. I got a like new pocket lite in January for about $500 and stupidly ran 50 rds through it in one session at the range. Amazingly accurate, but let me tell ya, that little thing got hot! Afterwards I heard about frames warping, not sure if that is possible or not. I found a blued steel one for $350 also like new a month ago and will use it mostly at the range. Great little guns, I hope Colt will some day start producing them again.

Tim