Small changes to my Colt Mustang Pocketlite...

[Kentucky Rifle]

I love this little auto! When Scott, McDougall & Associates had to suspend business due to an illness, I thought I'd buy some of their fine products for my Mustang. I called Mac and the triggers were already gone, but he told me that he had some stainless steel and some titanium guide rods left in stock. I ordered a stainless guide rod. (I had NEVER liked the looks of the plastic guide rod in my Mustang. I figured that it was the weak link in an otherwise great pistol.) Anyway, when the stainless guide rod and slightly extra strength Wolff, one piece recoil spring arrived it was too long. Obviously, it had been put in the wrong package. It said "For Mustang and Pony" but it just had to be for the slightly larger Govt model .380. I contacted Mac and he couldn't have been nicer! He apologized for the mix-up and said he would upgrade me to a titanium rod at no extra cost. It was a much more expensive piece and I would have ordered the titanium model in the first place, but I thought that the Ti rod wouldn't be as "slick" as the SS rod. I was thinking about all the other Ti stuff I owned and was expecting a gray colored, not as slick rod similar to the scales on my Sebenza pocket knife. I was wrong! When the rod arrived in the mail yesterday, not only was it light as a feather, but it had been polished so well that it looked like SS. I didn't even know you COULD polish Ti like that! I had always assumed that dull gray was THE color. This Ti rod is very shiny silver.
Anyway, it went into my Mustang perfectly and it feels like the slide moves more easily. The quality of this recoil rod plus how nice Mac was about it all, makes me wish I'd had them do a "pocket carry package" on my Mustang long ago.
Sorry for the long post, but I'm just so surprised at the color, fit, and "slickness" of the Ti rod!

 

[Kentucky Rifle]

Update on the Ti recoil rod...

I had an e-mail from Mac waiting for me when I went on-line this morning. I had typed him an e-mail last night asking how the he polished the Ti rod 'till it looked like stainless steel. He told me that there is NO polishing involved! The Ti rods come out of the CNC machine looking just like that. No extra work at polishing at all. I am impressed with CNC machines.

KR

 

[concerned citizen]

I was going to suggest brownells for a alloy trigger but I just looked and they are disco'd.

 

[greg531mi]

I wonder who does mod's for the Colt 380's, now that that Scott is out of business...Any sugguestions?

 

[Kahr carrier]

Is Scott Macdougall out of business???Disregard just went to there website sorry to see there business in limbo due to illness .

 

[.45FMJoe]

Cylinder and Slide seems to be the last bastien of Mustang/Gov't/Pony parts. And to think, I just got my Gov't .380 a couple weeks ago.

 

[Coltdriver]

I had a Pony Pocketlite melted and tuned up by a great smith in Wendell, North Carolina. He really did a great job on this little gun. When you rack it you can tell it has been worked on because it is smooth as butter. All the sharp edges are gone, the internals were polished and the barrel was crowned. He baked on a black coating of some kind. I had popped in the steel guide rod and a 12 pound spring from Scott McDougal.

You can reach him here:

Esci Gunsmith
100 E Fourth St, Wendell, NC 27591
Phone: (919) 365-9009

It has been a few years, I think his first name was Gary.

My wife confiscated my Pony and has carried it ever since.