Why not? There are endless varieties of Saturday Night Specials out there and some of them are actually decent guns for the price. People collect Mosin Nagants, after all.
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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
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"
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...
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...
"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
Nothing wrong with a free gun, no matter how awful it is!
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.......
Id buy if for 40 bucks
'Spose it's like a scooter and a fatty. All fun until your friends see you ridin' one!!!!