KYCaster
10-26-2010, 01:29 AM
I was cruising the local gun/pawn imporiums kinda looking for a project gun to turn into a backup for USPSA Single Stack division. Saw a used/like new Rock Island for $425 and came real close to leaving with that one, but decided to look a little further...I'm glad I did.
Found a Brolin Arms L45. I remember seeing the name way back in my early IPSC days, but haven't seen any reference to it in many years. A little internet research shows they went out of business sometime in the 1990's. Looks like somebody bought the assets and assembled some guns from remaining parts and sold them off at much reduced prices.
This one looks like it has had moderate use...some visible wear on slide/frame rails and barrel hood. Some holster wear. Slight bit of play in the slide/frame fit, but none at all at the front or rear of the barrel.
It has the GI grip safety (that's gonna change), Commander hammer, under cut trigger guard, flared ejection port, flat main spring housing, aluminum adjustable trigger (7lb 12oz :x), atrocious red ramp white outline sights (black sharpie cured that), and those gawd-awful Hogue finger groove rubber grips.(why would anybody do that to a perfectly good gun?)
So can anybody tell me about the history of Brolin Arms? Does anybody have production numbers or date of manufacture info? How can I tell if this one is one of the post-production models?
On the right side of the frame, right above the SSN is: JPE...the next line says...Pomona, CA and the third line is the SSN...JPE11XXX. What does JPE mean? Is that a custom SSN for John Paul Edwards?
Anybody know the book value? Did I get screwed at $375 out-the-door? [smilie=1:
Talk to me.....
Jerry
Found a Brolin Arms L45. I remember seeing the name way back in my early IPSC days, but haven't seen any reference to it in many years. A little internet research shows they went out of business sometime in the 1990's. Looks like somebody bought the assets and assembled some guns from remaining parts and sold them off at much reduced prices.
This one looks like it has had moderate use...some visible wear on slide/frame rails and barrel hood. Some holster wear. Slight bit of play in the slide/frame fit, but none at all at the front or rear of the barrel.
It has the GI grip safety (that's gonna change), Commander hammer, under cut trigger guard, flared ejection port, flat main spring housing, aluminum adjustable trigger (7lb 12oz :x), atrocious red ramp white outline sights (black sharpie cured that), and those gawd-awful Hogue finger groove rubber grips.(why would anybody do that to a perfectly good gun?)
So can anybody tell me about the history of Brolin Arms? Does anybody have production numbers or date of manufacture info? How can I tell if this one is one of the post-production models?
On the right side of the frame, right above the SSN is: JPE...the next line says...Pomona, CA and the third line is the SSN...JPE11XXX. What does JPE mean? Is that a custom SSN for John Paul Edwards?
Anybody know the book value? Did I get screwed at $375 out-the-door? [smilie=1:
Talk to me.....
Jerry