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Summary: The description, specs, photos, pricing and user ratings for the Coonan Classic .357 Magnum Automatic pistol.
Manufacturer’s Description
The Coonan Classic .357 Magnum Automatic is a 1911-style semiauto pistol chambered in .357 Magnum (and .38 Special). It uses standard .357 Magnum ammo, and it’s recoil operated. Features include a linkless barrel; walnut grips; black, smooth fixed sights; and an extended slide catch and thumb lock for one-handed operation.
Various sight options are available, including fixed, smooth, white-dot sights; adjustable, serrated white-dot sights; fixed, serrated night sights; and adjustable, serrated night sights.
This pistol comes standard with a custom carry case, one magazine, a lock and an owner’s manual.
More Reading, & Video
Click here to watch Hickok45 shoot and review the Coonan. Click here to read a comparison of the Coonan, Desert Eagle and LAR Grizzly in the December 1993 issue of Guns Magazine.
The Specs
| Caliber | Capacity | BBL | OAL | Width | Height | Weight |
| .357 Magnum, .38 Special, .38 Special +P | 7+1 | 5″ | 8.3″ | 1.3″ | 5.6″ | 42 oz. empty; 48 oz. loaded |
Coonan Pricing
MSRP: $1,199–$1,479
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Has anyone out there handled/fired one of these bad boys? Would love a report!
I owned one and loved it! Mine was one of the old ones from around 1990. The quality appears much better now. The design is just genius. I used it it in bowling pin matches and did really well. It is the length of the recoil that brings it right back on target. I used Remington “Green Box” 140 grains. My chrono had them going a hair under 1600 fps.. I fired thousands of rounds through it and basically shot it to pieces. It was out of production for years so when I broke the barrel lug I got scared and sold it for more than I bought it for right around 2006. I sold it on http://members.boardhost.com/dajowi/msg/index-1.html
The only thing that limits length of shooting sessions to a couple of hundred rounds is the blast. It is a real flame thrower. Shoot some cheap Winchester “White Box” 125 grainers out of it and there is a visible almost 3 foot blast!
Oh yes I am getting another one! I send Dan an email every now again and ask him to do one in 10mm Magnum.