"New" Llama Max I

[98C5]

Okay people, I know it's a Llama, but there is a reason I bought this. A lady on Gunbroker was selling her husbands guns to help pay for his funeral expenses. Some I know will say "yeah right", but after a few email correspondences, I can tell she was genuine. This Llama, I'm guessing, is a mid to late 90's version. The finish is smooth and glossy compared to their later models which was a rough matte finish. It seems Llama made a few of these with stainless steel appointments like barrel lug, backstrap, thumb safety, slide release, beavertail, trigger, etc. I stripped it last night and it looked to be in excellent condition. Slide fits tight, barrel link has no slop. He has the mother of pearl grips on her and I also have the original wood. The only thing it needs is a recoil spring. It's shot. I will replace with a factory one which I think is 16lb? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, yeah it is a Llama, but the husband had a LOT of guns and loved to shoot. I'm hoping he will be happy to know another gun enthusiast has bought one of his pistols to enjoy.

98

 

[Treo]

As you pointed out it's a Llama. My best advice for a worn out Llama recoil spring is to take the bullets out of the Llama and putting them in a RIA that should solve all your recoil spring problems . Oh well , at least the money went to a good cause

 

[hankdatank1362]

Those have got to be the thickest grips on any 1911 I have ever seen.

But, at least the do a good job of capturing the plunger tube assembly, so it won't shoot out like mine always did on my first 1911, a Firestorm (which I've heard is basically a llama.)

That darn gun would feed anything though. Shame it fell apart in my hands.

 

[98C5]

Thanks treo for that heart-warming post.

 

[Mad Magyar]

Kudos on your purchase....Enjoy it & good shooting to you....I've had two Llamas and never had a problem with them on the range...
Nice pics, BTW....

 

[Constantine-p89]

Nice man, as said before on the other forum. Hey man, you know where I can find some pearly whites for my Llama IX-A?

 

[98C5]

Try here:

http://vintagegungrips.net/ao-l35.html

You have several choices in styles, including Ivory.

98

 

[Constantine-p89]

Thanks man, do you think it will be ivory like the ones above(material)? Or the plastic checkered with white ivory color?

 

[98C5]

Actually, I think these would look much better on a 1911:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Faux-Ivory-Grip...192042764QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200192042764

I would rather have those than the pearlite.

 

[98C5]

dupe

 

[98C5]

another dupe....what the heck??

 

[bannockburn]

98C5

Looks nice,especially with those pearl grips. The grips are probably so thick due to the fragile nature of the material; in this case, thin is not in. The gun does look nice though, benefiting from a decent polishing before the bluing was applied. I know you see so many Llamas with that dull as a mud fence finish, and you had to wonder why they didn't do more along the lines of QC and overall fit and finish. They might have fared better commercially if they had.

 

[Treo]

98C5 : sorry if you found my post offensive. I really meant what I said about you helping the lady out. Unfortunatly I also meant what I said about Llamas being generally poor quality guns. I want to say they're ok for range work, but given that two respondants ( one of them being me) to this thread have had them fall apart in their hands I can't & hell would freeze SOLID before I'd ever trust my life to one

 

[Constantine-p89]

I would trust my life with mine because the great Kimber $600 gun has jammed 3 times and the slide has locked back once when ammo is still in the magazine. The Llama has never jammed and I can actually hit the paper with it, way more accurate gun

 

[HisSoldier]

Sorry Constantine, I like Spanish guns but no way I'd compare any of them to my Kimber, least of all the Llama's.