AzQkr

I got the Coonan back from the man who refurbs them and was the primary builder of these pistols for Dan Coonan when they were in business.

Here's a couple of shots of the Model B now in the safe. I'm told by the gunsmith who worked on this one that it's one of the finer examples he's seen, clean, taken care of and not shot a whole lot.

Thought everyone might like to see some close-ups of the "back to factory original" 357 Coonan with the work performed by the armorer for Coonan back in the day [ he bought all the parts, etc that were available when they went under ]. She's got new springs in her [ recoil and firing pin springs ] and I've secured a spare of each spring as well as 4 extra factory original mags.

Brownie

I added your photo into our gallery Brownie.
Many younger and more recent shooters/gun-owners have never even heard of the COONAN.

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MattLarson

Very nice bit of history there.

Matt

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QKShooter

I could kick myself for not buying one of those back when a person could actually order one.

And you have 4 Magazines?

If you ever have a close encounter of the fourth kind and get abducted by aliens from another planet...can I have that?

Thanks for posting the pics AZ.

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AzQkr

Thanks Matt;

QKShooter;

Yes sir, one with the gun which didn't work well [ got that fixed by the armorer ], and 3 more I found right after I bought it from another gentleman [ an exhaustive search to locate them took place ].

Something about this gun that appeals to me, and having this one in the collection was worth the effort IMO. If I'm abducted by aliens, it's yours .

Brownie

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QKShooter

Man...it looks like it came right out of a NIB Box complete with that New Car Smell.
Beautiful.

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pgrass101

That looks great Brownie,

Lets us know (and post pics) when you take it to the range

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packinnova

What if YOU get abducted? Can I have them? Those darn things are getting hard to find. I know someone that's been trying to find another one for his for quite a while and is kicking himself in the rear regularly for not buying more when they were $7 new....then jumped to $12, then to $20, then to ...well you get the idea.

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edr9x23super

Man that some nice hardware.....

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Pete Zaria

I'm amazed no one has started making a similar pistol again.

The idea of .357 Magnum ballistics in a pistol with all of the inherent safety and "pointability" of the 1911 design.... seems like a winner to me.

Nice pistol, sir.

I don't know much about Coonan's. What's the capacity? Can it handle full-house .357 loads?

One of these bobtailed could be approaching "the perfect carry gun"...

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Pete Zaria.

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dukalmighty

Nice pistol,I have an LAR Grizzly mk4 44 magnum,something about the 1911 platform shooting a magnum cartridge is just welllll sexxxxxxxxy

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