Posted: 3/29/2006 9:02:02 AM EDT
| A co-worker was telling me he has one of these, a Connan .357. Googling doesn't produce much. Anybody have any info or pics? |
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I took a visit to the Coonan Arms facility with Darrell Mulroy (The Incredibly Ugly Del Roberts of Minneapolis radio lore, AKA "+P" on the old AOL "GunTalk" board) back when the Stathas family was making them on CNC machines from stainless castings. That was a few years back. I liked them, but never had the scratch to have Kim Stathas make me one like she promised she would. I always regretted that. I would take one, still, but I prefer forged frames over castings. Just personal preference. The thing was made due to a bet that a 1911 could not be made to shoot reliably with a rimmed cartridge. Coonan won the bet. |
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I owned one for a while, a Coonan .357mag Model B. It was a pretty cool gun, and extremely accurate. Never had a malfunction or problem with it at all. It was also a big conversation piece at the range. I ended up selling it, because after the initial novelty wore off, it spent a lot more time in the safe than I would have prefered. Also I was always a little worried that if something broke down on it, it would have been a real hassle to get fixed (and I live in Minneapolis, were Dan Coonan supposedly still lives). I was fortunate to have two mags (apparently most only come with one mag), but another down fall is mags are over $100 a piece IF YOU CAN FIND THEM. I eventually decided that mine was worth more being sold, than it was sitting in the safe. |
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I have owned two of them over the years and recently sold my last one. The are extremely realiable. Holsters used to be harder to find due to the dust cover being longer but now with the rails on 1911s that shouldn't be a problem. I still have about 6-7 (7/8rd) mags left if any body is interested and not for $100. I used to shoot ISPC with it and had a great time with full power loads. The Coonan will feed 38 wadcutters and function if you replace the recoil spring with a lighter one. CD |
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