Coonan Arms .357 magnum

[macphisto]

That's way cool. Congratulations on the new gun!

[WWJD]

AH!.....The LOCAL battle of the magnum autoloaders, (Coonan, Desert Eagle) interesting read if you can find it online, but local lore is so much better!

[aviator]

I wonder if it will shoot .38 special reliably?

[Molasses]

Heh. I just traded mine off not too long ago. The (non)availability of parts was part of the reason. Spare magazines at $200 on the online auction sites was another reason. Then saw the folks that are looking at bringing it back into production at the Pine City gun show last weekend, with a bunch of $75 magazines. Didn't have the heart to ask if their mags woud fit a "B" model from previous production or about parts compatability or anything...due to a sinking feeling about the wisdom of getting rid of mine after all.

Although, if they do get the new one off the ground at a low enough price point, maybe I did well getting out of the old one for the amount I got out of it on trade. Naw, I didn't think so, either.

[Pinnacle]

I wonder if it will shoot .38 special reliably?

To the best of my knowledge - nope. I think that you would have to use springs that would be considerably lighter and you may have feeding issues. If you reload - why use anythig less than Magnums - the cost is just a minimal diffrerence in powder.

[Stubbe]

I have a buddy that teflon coated them for coonan because they had a 1000 rnd breakin on the non stainless and teflon coating made them much better out of the box. he has two of them and I shot one and it was pretty nice