Currently casting and loading: .32 Auto, .380 Auto, .38 Special, 9X19, .357 Magnum, .257 Roberts, 6.5 Creedmoor, .30 WCF, .308 WCF, .45-70.
The gun was free, doesn't need to be fed and doesn't take up much space and not worth much. Why the need to get rid of it? Here in NY working pistols pay upwards of $250 in the buy back programs, that would be worth it!
When they work, they usually work OK. If you've got one of those, no harm in hanging onto it. Otherwise, I'd lean toward the gun buy back option - you might get a free Christmas turkey out of it.
If I was myself, or had a talented metalworking friend with a lot of time on his hands, I'd be tempted to replace as many of the guts with quality tool steel and good alloy springs as possible, just as a "hot rod a Pinto" silly project. The gun is basically a Browning/FN-1910 distilled down to the cheapest possible level - the only reason they fail so often is the shoddy materials and lack of attention to detail
WWJMBD?
In the Land of Oz, we cast with wheel weight and 2% Tin, Man.
Ironically, one of these was my very first semi auto. Shot a few boxes through it, accidentally dry fired it and broke the firing pin. A buddies dad built me another one on his lathe. So I shot a few more boxes of ammo thru it and traded it on down the road. My first thoght though on use of it when I saw the headline was "paperweight"
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" Patrick Henry ,March 23, 1775
Try and shoot a full box of FMJ through it. If it makes it through with no issues, state that fact in your WTS ad. A cheap pistol that works is worth owning. It's basically a bigger Raven so it might just work! But as stated, do not dry fire. The firing pin is the ejector so don't do it.
I read somewhere that Lorcin has been out of business for years, yet their guns still turn up in crimes alot. Lorcin, the herpes of firearms...
Currently casting and loading: .32 Auto, .380 Auto, .38 Special, 9X19, .357 Magnum, .257 Roberts, 6.5 Creedmoor, .30 WCF, .308 WCF, .45-70.
I would also suggest that you try it out and see if it works Ok or not. Quite a few of the guns actually work OK. Some may have had needed some magazine tweaking before they worked well too. So you may have a nice inexpensive plinker there or a tackle box gun.
Remove the magazine.
Weld base of frame in the center of a metal bowl.
Place on coffee table.
Take up smoking...........
^^^^^this i like...
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" Patrick Henry ,March 23, 1775
"Got a Lorcin"
Don't believe I'd uh' told that Brother!
I will say this though, I admire your honesty in owning up to it.
Murphy
If I should depart this life while defending those who cannot defend themselves, then I have died the most honorable of deaths. Marc R. Murphy '2006'.
Nothing wrong with a free gun, no matter how awful it is!
Currently casting and loading: .32 Auto, .380 Auto, .38 Special, 9X19, .357 Magnum, .257 Roberts, 6.5 Creedmoor, .30 WCF, .308 WCF, .45-70.
If I should depart this life while defending those who cannot defend themselves, then I have died the most honorable of deaths. Marc R. Murphy '2006'.
Shoot it. My 380 loricin was a decent shooter I shot a lot of cast through it
Give it as a down payment on a Hi Point.
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I thought lorcin was some kind of prescription drug.......
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
Id buy if for 40 bucks
JR--the .500 specialist
'Spose it's like a scooter and a fatty. All fun until your friends see you ridin' one!!!!
A government that robs from Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |