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EAA Model EA 380 made it home today. Can anybody here tell me more about it?
I went to my favorite pawn shop across town today to look at a rifle my pastor is interested in. I just wanted to see it in advance so I would know if I would want it later.
I looked thru the case pretty quickly and then moved on to the rifle. I checked it out and about 3 or 4 others and was ready to go. At the last moment I decided to take another look in the pistol case. Down in the far back was this little pistol pretty much being unattended too. So I got up close to the glass and started to read the tag on it. It said EA pistol .22, 1 mag, no case $XXX. the price was in my gonna take it home today if it's okay range. I looked closely at the muzzle end and realized it wasn't a .22 like the tag said. I called the salesguy over to take a closer look. He got it out, and after going over it carefully I saw it was actually a .380 pistol, and it's in pretty nice condition too. I went over it carefully and everything is nice and tight and all of the switches functioned smoothly and worked as they should.
I called the guy back and asked him for the best possible price, and that if it was good, I'd take it home. He hemmed and hawed and dropped the price by $20. I said I'd take it. There were two others buying guns at that time, so I filled out the requisite paperwork and waited my turn to get to the cash register. It took about 20 minutes before they review the paperwork and got to the register. I have a CCW, so there is no background check required which always makes them happy! The stores only have one person there that has to ring out and close out all the paperwork on a gun transaction, so they can get backed up pretty easily, but I really don't mind. She came to me and apologizes for the long delays. I told her I understood, and had no problem with them being busy and having a good night of sales. She asked if I would be okay if she took another $45 off for my long wait. I just smiled and said "Sure". So without hardly asking I got this for $45 off the list price, and it came home with me tonight. I just love cash and carry gun deals.
I can't find much information on the model, and there are none on gunbroker for comparison, so I'm not sure what it's really worth, other than more than I paid for it.
Do any of you have an idea what it might really be worth? Do any of you have experience with this particular pistol?
Model EA 380. I'm almost embarrassed to mention how cheaply I got it.
Here are some photos for reference:
Regards,
Gregory
I went to my favorite pawn shop across town today to look at a rifle my pastor is interested in. I just wanted to see it in advance so I would know if I would want it later.
I looked thru the case pretty quickly and then moved on to the rifle. I checked it out and about 3 or 4 others and was ready to go. At the last moment I decided to take another look in the pistol case. Down in the far back was this little pistol pretty much being unattended too. So I got up close to the glass and started to read the tag on it. It said EA pistol .22, 1 mag, no case $XXX. the price was in my gonna take it home today if it's okay range. I looked closely at the muzzle end and realized it wasn't a .22 like the tag said. I called the salesguy over to take a closer look. He got it out, and after going over it carefully I saw it was actually a .380 pistol, and it's in pretty nice condition too. I went over it carefully and everything is nice and tight and all of the switches functioned smoothly and worked as they should.
I called the guy back and asked him for the best possible price, and that if it was good, I'd take it home. He hemmed and hawed and dropped the price by $20. I said I'd take it. There were two others buying guns at that time, so I filled out the requisite paperwork and waited my turn to get to the cash register. It took about 20 minutes before they review the paperwork and got to the register. I have a CCW, so there is no background check required which always makes them happy! The stores only have one person there that has to ring out and close out all the paperwork on a gun transaction, so they can get backed up pretty easily, but I really don't mind. She came to me and apologizes for the long delays. I told her I understood, and had no problem with them being busy and having a good night of sales. She asked if I would be okay if she took another $45 off for my long wait. I just smiled and said "Sure". So without hardly asking I got this for $45 off the list price, and it came home with me tonight. I just love cash and carry gun deals.
I can't find much information on the model, and there are none on gunbroker for comparison, so I'm not sure what it's really worth, other than more than I paid for it.
Do any of you have an idea what it might really be worth? Do any of you have experience with this particular pistol?
Model EA 380. I'm almost embarrassed to mention how cheaply I got it.
Here are some photos for reference:
Regards,
Gregory
