A 1942 production Llama .380

Nice "Llooking"!

Nice! Have you shot it? How does it shoot?

Ah, yes, Spanish pistols- the crapshoot of the handgun world. Some are fine, others...are not.

Your Llama .380 appears to be of higher quality than later versions of this pistol.

It's rather surprising to see a commercial pistol built during WWII. Then again, Spain stayed away from the party for the most part.

Very nice looking pistol.

The one and only time I shot one (belonged to a friend), it left such an impression on me that I still have the scar. No, really...worst hammer-bite ever...nice line scar on the web of my right hand.

But still, I think they are neat little pistols. Just need a beavertail.

Gotta love a 7/8 scale 1911 in .380

I have a IIIA Series 2 variation 1, no idea of production date but I figure late 60's early 70's. Bought it for a song when I needed a smaller gun to fit in a console of a new car. Its car duty is split with 2 other Spaniards, a Star Firestar M43 and its bigger brother the M45.

Its in great shape, well made and never had any issues shooting. One of the most accurate .380's I've owned.

The lanyard ring and medal in our photo seem to denote military service. What country?

I still have two(2) Llama 380s from the early 1970s. I used to shoot them a fair amount, but stopped for some unknown reason. I never fed mine anything but FMJRN ammo, and they both have performed as I wanted/expected. I have heard that the later guns were a "hit and miss" on dependability.

The pistol is commercial. As far as i can tell all of the early ones had the lanyard. Some of the model 1 and 2 were sold to Geco in WW2 for private sales. The medal is not related. It is a Baltic Cross issued to German soldiers who fought in the Baltic states after WW1.