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Colt Mustang Pocketlite ....

gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2012 in General Discussion
News from Shot Show '12 - Colt will put this handy little .380 pistol back into production.

C&P from another forum:

The Mustang Pocketlite uses an aluminum frame machined from plate, not cast, which keeps the weight down, weighing in at 12 _ ounces empty. The slide and barrel are machined from bar stock steel. Per Mark Fraher, a Senior Project Engineer for Colt who was at the SHOT booth, the new, modern machines at Colt's factory allow for a more accurate, and reliable pistol by keeping to known standards/tolerances. Also, Colt kept true to the older designs, allowing for the new gun parts to work in the old guns, and vice versa.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    I've got a couple of the originals. I love mine.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will stick with my 9mm Defender.
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  • NOAHNOAH Member Posts: 9,690
    edited November -1
    That is SWEET[:p][:)][;)]
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  • scottm21166scottm21166 Member Posts: 20,723
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    I've got a couple of the originals. I love mine.

    there goes the value...they were getting up there
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  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gesshots
    News from Shot Show '12 - Colt will put this handy little .380 pistol back into production.


    Um.....its been in production since Sept.
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  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    I will stick with my 9mm Defender.


    I've got a 9mm New Agent, with is roughly the same dimensions as the Defender.

    I like my Agent......but the Mustang is my constant companion.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by scottm21166
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    I've got a couple of the originals. I love mine.

    there goes the value...they were getting up there


    Probably true, and that is why I was holding on to them, but I've got next to nothing in them anyway, so I'm still good.
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  • CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now if they would just start cranking out Pythons and King Cobras again, maybe a commoner could afford to buy one! I am amazed at the price of Colt DA revolvers the past few years!
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  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,718 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've got two Mustangs but they are too nice (and valuable) to carry so they live in the safe. Now carry a LCP and M&P .40 instead, if it gets damaged or stolen won't loose any sleep over it
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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  • CSI21CSI21 Member Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have heard the Sig 238 was basically the same gun, any truth to that?
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  • partisanpartisan Member Posts: 6,414
    edited November -1
    Bought a new .380 Govt Md. when they first came out. Still have it, and it looks NIB. Can't bring myself to carry and/or sell it!!
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  • SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    yep, been available since mid-september, but only now readily available.
    colt brought them back after SIG introduced the p238 which is a colt mustang, built from the same specs as the original.
    i have some of the original mustangs and always wondered why colt stopped production.
    but colt has a long history of abandoning gun designs and having said designs become insanely popular.
    so, colt brings back the .380 mustang.
    and sig introduces the P938 which is a 9mm version of the mustang!!
    colt loses out again![B)]
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  • scottm21166scottm21166 Member Posts: 20,723
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    quote:Originally posted by scottm21166
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    I've got a couple of the originals. I love mine.

    there goes the value...they were getting up there


    Probably true, and that is why I was holding on to them, but I've got next to nothing in them anyway, so I'm still good.

    I doubt they will reproduce this one
    juniorCOLT25_4730.jpg
    juniorCOLT25_4733.jpg
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  • scottm21166scottm21166 Member Posts: 20,723
    edited November -1
    and please don't say they are going to start up Double action revolvers again, I will sell my whole collection and slit my wrists!!!
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  • SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    quote: doubt they will reproduce this one


    probably not. no 1908 vest pocket either.
    unless they re-tool for .380![;)]


    tom
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  • JorgeJorge Member Posts: 10,656 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    How do you carry such pistol; chambered or not?
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  • SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    carry condition one for 1911 style is recommended.
    i carry condition 2, but that's a long story.


    tom
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  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Jorge
    How do you carry such pistol; chambered or not?


    Cocked and locked is how I carry mine.
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  • JorgeJorge Member Posts: 10,656 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks.

    I have a similar .380 Govt. I've never carried.
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  • txlawdogtxlawdog Member Posts: 10,039 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks nice...
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,194 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rack Ops
    quote:Originally posted by Jorge
    How do you carry such pistol; chambered or not?


    Cocked and locked is how I carry mine.


    No safety on the original...
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bruce want. [:)][:)][:)]
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,194 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have an original as well.

    But wait, its not ALL steel and has no safety...

    Love mine...
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • Turbo72Turbo72 Member Posts: 432 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thats a little sweetie![:)]quote:Originally posted by scottm21166
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    quote:Originally posted by scottm21166
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    I've got a couple of the originals. I love mine.

    there goes the value...they were getting up there


    Probably true, and that is why I was holding on to them, but I've got next to nothing in them anyway, so I'm still good.

    I doubt they will reproduce this one
    juniorCOLT25_4730.jpg
    juniorCOLT25_4733.jpg
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by scottm21166
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    quote:Originally posted by scottm21166
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    I've got a couple of the originals. I love mine.

    there goes the value...they were getting up there


    Probably true, and that is why I was holding on to them, but I've got next to nothing in them anyway, so I'm still good.

    I doubt they will reproduce this one
    juniorCOLT25_4730.jpg
    juniorCOLT25_4733.jpg


    I've also got a few Pocket Nine's put away that I know they won't reproduce because of pattent issues. Don't have much in them either, and they are huge in the profit range now.
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