Llama Firearms Serial Numbers
Llama Firearms Serial Numbers

PLEASE NOTE: Griffin and Howe long time Archivist and Historian has retired. At this point in time we are not able to produce research or archive letters. When a replacement has been found, we will attempt to get back in touch with all inquiries for letters. We appreciate your understanding during this transition.

All Spanish guns since 1928 have a date code on them. On a Llama it is usually on the left side of the frame just above the trigger guard. On that pistol it will probably be a letter followed by a number, with an. between. The codes are the same whether it's a Llama, a Star, or an Astra. This gun can only be shipped to an FFL, and it will be shipped from an FFL. It is your responsibility to ensure that the gun is legal to own and receive in your area. Please include a copy of your dealer’s license with payment or faxed/emailed separately. We will need CFLC numbers for CA FFL’s to ship a firearm within California.

Griffin & Howe is pleased to make available the sales records of Von Lengerke & Detmold and Abercrombie & Fitch, two legendary purveyors of sporting arms in the 20th century. The records exist in over sixty very large ledger books recording sales and inventory between 1900 and 1977. The sales between 1900 and 1929 represent the sales of Von Lengerke & Detmold which was purchased by Abercrombie & Fitch in 1929. The Abercrombie & Fitch sales and inventory records begin in 1929 and continue through the closing of Abercrombie & Fitch in 1977. Most of the entries are for ‘new’ sales, although several thousand used and consigned sporting firearms passed through their inventory as well. Most of the ‘new’ sales are grouped by Make and Model and an inventory of sporting firearms began on February 1st of each year. Griffin & Howe is involved in an ongoing project to digitally record each page in the record books and index the Makes, Models and Serial Numbers.

Llama Firearms Serial Numbers

To discover if your sporting firearm is listed in the records, click on the Make of the sporting firearm in the list below. Then enter your serial number and model if needed or search the list of complete serial numbers for each Make. Additional Makes and serial numbers will be added as the project progresses. If you discover that your sporting firearm is in the records, Griffin & Howe will be happy to verify the model, if applicable, and the date when the sporting firearm was first entered into inventory. Please send an email request to research@griffinhowe.com or call Griffin & Howe at +1.908.766.2287.

Griffin & Howe will also provide a Certificate of Inventory and Disposition and a photograph of the original page(s) on which your sporting firearm appears. The information on the certificate will vary depending on the year in which the sporting firearm was in inventory. The cost of this service is $100 per sporting firearm but may be more or less depending upon the amount of information in the record. For a more detailed description of the records and to see sample pages please click here – Sample Pages.

MAKES

Llama Firearms Serial Numbers

A&F	ADAMY	ARRIETA
BAKER	BAYARD	BEESLEY
BERETTA	BERNARDELLI	BLAND
BOROVNIK	BOSS	BOSWELL
BRITTE	BROWNING	BSA
CASHMORE	CHURCHILL	COGSWELL & HARRISON
COSMI	CRESCENT	DAKIN
DALY	DARNE	DEFOURNEY
DUMOULIN	EVANS	FOLSOM
FOX	FRANCOTTE	FRED ADOLPH
GE LEWIS	GIBBS	GRANT
GREENER	GREIFELT	GRIFFIN & HOWE
HARPOON GUNS	HARRISON & HUSSEY	HENRY ATKIN
HEYM	HOFFMAN ARMS	HOLLAND & HOLLAND
HOLLENBECK	HOLLIS, BENTLEY & PLAYFAIR	HUSSEY
ITHACA	IVER JOHNSON	JAEGER
JEFFERY	KIMBALL	KRIEGHOFF
LANCASTER	LANG	LC SMITH
LEFEVER	LEONARD	LIEGE
LUCK	MAHILLON	MANNLICHER-SCHOENAUER
MARLIN	MARTINI	MAUSER
MEFFERT	MERKEL	NEWTON
NIMROD	OGDEN SMITH & HUSSEY	OWEN
PARKER	PERAZZI	POWELL
PURDEY	REMINGTON	REMO GEHR
RHEINMETALL	RIGBY	SAKO
SAUER	SAVAGE	SCHILLING
SCHMIDT & HABERMAN	SEDGLEY	SEYMOUR GRIFFIN
SIMSON	SODIA	SPRINGER
SPRINGFIELD	STOEGER	SYRACUSE
THIEME & SCHLEGELMILCH	THOMPSON	TOLLEY
UNION ARMERA	VENUS WAFFEN WERK	VL&D
W&C SCOTT	WALTHER	WATSON
WEATHERBY	WEBLEY & SCOTT	WESTLEY RICHARDS
WINCHESTER	WINKLER	WOODWARD
ZANOTTI

NEWS

Spanish Blue Steel

Llama
Llama means Flame in Spanish, but they used the animal as their logo as well.

Llama is pronounced Yama in Spanish

RK Smith

There is an enormous amount of incorrect information out there about the model numbers on the guns Llama made and I have done my best in identifying them to correct it. This research project has been both a rewarding and frustrating experience. A large number of the guns were in my collection to assist in this endeavor and I think I now have it all as it should be. The years the series of IIIA's were made however is still in question. I want to inform you before you go any further that the designations of series and variation are my designations and not those of Llama. I do it to show that there were major changes made to the guns every few years and there were even variations within those years.
In 2005 Llama closed its doors for the last time due to lack of sales and a bankruptcy. This followed the demise of Astra and Star in about 1997. They simply failed to compete with all of the other gun manufacturers out