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Davis Industries - P380 - Estimated Value?
WearyTraveler
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I came upon several firearms in an estate I'm working.
It looks to be in decent condition, but I haven't taken it out and looked too closely.
I've seen their .32 on auction here for about $70.
Any estimate of the value? Is this a POS?
It looks to be in decent condition, but I haven't taken it out and looked too closely.
I've seen their .32 on auction here for about $70.
Any estimate of the value? Is this a POS?
”People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
- GEORGE ORWELL -
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But it's sad... The box boasts that it's made in America, with American made parts.
Yep - looks that way!
But it's sad... The box boasts that it's made in America, with American made parts.
Some Americans are our own worst enemy.
This type of gun, with its cast, "pot metal" (a high zinc-content metal with no real metalurgical standard) frame, is or was commonly referred to as a "Saturday night special", since many of them wound up in the hands of people who used them in criminal activities on the weekends.
However, many, many, good, law-abiding folks with limited resources purchased guns like this for personal protection, and most of those are probably still sitting, unfired in chests of dreawers all over the country. Most of these guns probably have had fewer than 20 rounds fired through them. They are not made to withstand several thousand rounds during their lifetime. For example, a good semi-auto 9mm, such as glock, sig, beretta, etc. can probably handle 30,000 rounds or more fired through them before they start to get tired.
Probably lived quietly in a bedroom drawer!
Thank you!