Langdon California Special

[CA_Plinker]

[dfens]

I've been on the fence for awhile now about getting one.

Talked to them but they weren't crystal clear on their answers.

If you don't mind if you buy the M9A1 from them and send it back for the upgrade on the invoice do they itemize the gun and work seperately or do they show the full amount?

I ask because I wanted to know if your dealer charged you sales tax on the full amount of gun and work done or only just for the firearm?

Also do they send back the old parts like the orginal slide and barrel etc so that you can sell those off to offset the cost of the firearm?

Really want to order one but finding a M9A1 to buy right now is impossible and they are out of stock if they sell you one. And don't know if it's worth nearlly 300 bucks to upgrade my 92FS with all the parts and still not have the true Elite.

[Oldmandan]

Wouldn’t it be a lot cheaper to put one together on your own?

[dfens]

Depending on if you want the LTT Elite it's actually cheaper to buy the M9A1 from Langdon and ship it back to them for free and have them upgrade it. But he is out of stock so that won't work.

Cost is 1500 bucks plus all the FFL fees and tax and they are suposed to ship back all the old parts which you then sale them to bring the 1700ish price tag down to say 1300-1400 dollars out the door.

While in free states you could just buy the gun complete for 1100.

Now if you could buy a M9A1 they run about 700 and it's over 1000 for the upgrade and before very hard to source plus this panic buying which I still don't understand people acting like they are going to ban handguns. I saw a used M9A1 guy was asking 1200 dollars people are such idiots for fueling this over priced market.

I could just upgrade my 92FS depending if I want the trigger job and the new barrel it's going to cost me 200-400 dollars for all the parts and it still wouldn't have the vertec slide or the rail.

So I would be taking a 500-600 Beretta and dumpling money into it and at the end of the day for a few bucks more and the headache of all the extra loops get the actual LTT.

[jyc]

Cost is 1500 bucks plus all the FFL fees and tax and they are suposed to ship back all the old parts which you then sale them to bring the 1700ish price tag down to say 1300-1400 dollars out the door.

The only thing holding me back are the stock slide parts that I would be receiving back. Is there a market for stock M9A1 slides? I would have jumped on this deal if I knew what the secondary market was like for beretta uppers.



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[D.A.V.I.D.]

I bought my LTT elite with the trigger job for 1200 in the marketplace beginning of the year. Great gun.

[CA_Plinker]

OP here. Regarding the invoice from LTT, it doesn’t show the gun price separate, so the tax is indeed on the full amount. They do send back all the old parts, but I’m not sure there is a market for the M9A1 slide.
It’s any easy transaction to get the M9A1 from LTT when available, but it is more expensive than providing your own.

[ChampCarStar]

CA_Plinker, what was the turnaround time?

LTT received my M9A1 last Tuesday. I'm not in any rush, but just curious.

Of course, I sent mine in right when they got busy with the new 92s with the Optics Cut.

I bought the M9A1 from them, so I contributed to them being out of stock currently.

[ChampCarStar]

Got my gun back. Took them only a week to turn it around.

Double action and single action are the best I've ever felt in any DA/SA pistol.

[jyc]

Got my gun back. Took them only a week to turn it around.

Double action and single action are the best I've ever felt in any DA/SA pistol.

It's not that great. You can sell it to me since you don't like it, right? :-)

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[ChampCarStar]

It's not that great. You can sell it to me since you don't like it, right? :-)

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I think you're right JYC.

I was thinking about getting another one, because i think they can do it better.

[saudadeii]

I already have an M9A1 and Vertec slide and "G" kit. I've been thinking about the "trigger job in a bag". Not sure about the Langdon vs Wilson trigger bar.

[Exiledviking]

I already have an M9A1 and Vertec slide and "G" kit. I've been thinking about the "trigger job in a bag". Not sure about the Langdon vs Wilson trigger bar.

Having used both, buy the LTT trigger bar. And get the NP3 version if you can.

[ChampCarStar]

Having used both, buy the LTT trigger bar. And get the NP3 version if you can.

Yeah, next one I have done will get the full NP3 plus their optics cut so I can mount a red dot.

I have another M9A1 I could send right now, but that one is staying as a stock M9A1 in my collection.

[CA_Plinker]

CA_Plinker, what was the turnaround time?

LTT received my M9A1 last Tuesday. I'm not in any rush, but just curious.

Of course, I sent mine in right when they got busy with the new 92s with the Optics Cut.

I bought the M9A1 from them, so I contributed to them being out of stock currently.

ChampCar you might have gotten the last M9A1 from them. Glad you got yours back quickly. Mine took about 3 weeks waiting for the NP3 mag.