Range Report LLAMA 9mm Parabellum
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 8:51 pm
As many of you know, recently I received a gift of a LLAMA 9mm Parabellum from my cousin. I had never owned or shot a 1911 before. Everyone has been telling me that they are addictive and I would be buying more as soon as I shot it. Today I took it to Sportsman's Outlet in Humble and shot it. Well everyone was right. This is a nice shooting gun!
I figured out it was built in 1975 so for 35 years old it was amazingly tight. I put 200 rounds through it and only had one failure to feed on the 2nd round. The round shot up too hard and got caught in the slide vertically. This might have been because I was shooting UMAX reloads, or it might be because the magazine was slightly tight and a bit jerky. I took it apart and noticed what looked like sand in the magazine. I cleaned the spring and then oiled it up. Every round fed perfectly after that.
Let me start by saying that I am not the best shot, but I am practicing and improving. That said, I have attached 3 pictures.
The first is the gun itself.
The second picture is a 10 round grouping at 5 yards. All shots in either the bulls eye or in the 9 ring, so from 15 feet I got about a 1.5 inch grouping.
The third picture is 9 shots at 15 yards. Every shot was within the number five ring giving me a 5 inch grouping. I did have one fly away where I was anticipating the kick.
Many of you have told me this is a medium quality gun. I am impressed with the fit, finish and how tight everything still fits after 35 years. The grips are a beautiful color, and it shows very little wear and tear. It is a full size 1911 so I don't see me trying to carry it this summer. I will probably keek carrying my Glock, but I do plan on getting a Comp-Tac holster for IWB carry this winter. It will take a few more visits before I trust it as my self defense pistol.
Overall for the first range visit, I think the gun preformed very well. I am very impressed with it, and if this is a medium quality 1911 there will be another in my collection soon.
I figured out it was built in 1975 so for 35 years old it was amazingly tight. I put 200 rounds through it and only had one failure to feed on the 2nd round. The round shot up too hard and got caught in the slide vertically. This might have been because I was shooting UMAX reloads, or it might be because the magazine was slightly tight and a bit jerky. I took it apart and noticed what looked like sand in the magazine. I cleaned the spring and then oiled it up. Every round fed perfectly after that.
Let me start by saying that I am not the best shot, but I am practicing and improving. That said, I have attached 3 pictures.
The first is the gun itself.
- LLAMA 9mm Parabellum
The second picture is a 10 round grouping at 5 yards. All shots in either the bulls eye or in the 9 ring, so from 15 feet I got about a 1.5 inch grouping.
- 10 rounds at 5 yards
The third picture is 9 shots at 15 yards. Every shot was within the number five ring giving me a 5 inch grouping. I did have one fly away where I was anticipating the kick.
- 9 rounds at 15 yeards
Many of you have told me this is a medium quality gun. I am impressed with the fit, finish and how tight everything still fits after 35 years. The grips are a beautiful color, and it shows very little wear and tear. It is a full size 1911 so I don't see me trying to carry it this summer. I will probably keek carrying my Glock, but I do plan on getting a Comp-Tac holster for IWB carry this winter. It will take a few more visits before I trust it as my self defense pistol.
Overall for the first range visit, I think the gun preformed very well. I am very impressed with it, and if this is a medium quality 1911 there will be another in my collection soon.