Ruger LCP-TEX "Coyote Special" sets gunbroker record for fast sale

We have a new record for Gunbroker auctions posted for the gun shop where I work.

Today at exactly 3:23:10 PM I posted an auction for the new Ruger LCP-TEX, the "Coyote Special" in honor of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

At exactly 4:04:02 PM today a gentleman from Nagodoches, Texas, bought that LCP-TEX. I ain't real good at math, but that's around 31 minutes more or less for an auction to sell. God bless Texas!

I gotta say all our best gunbroker customers come from Texas. They don't try to haggle down our already low prices, they just buy-it-now and pay up quickly. Hardly ever have any trouble from a Texas customer. Wish I could say that about some other states, which I shall not name to protect the guilty.

I thought a particularly nice touch for sales P.R. is what the distributor had Ruger stamp on the LCP-TEX boxes, "For Sale To Texans Only."

Here's my auction text:

New In Box: Ruger LCP™-TEX "Coyote Special" .380 ACP Double-Action-Only Semi-Auto Pistol, Model 03708, 2.75" black alloy-steel barrel, black alloy-steel slide, right slide white laser-etched "Coyote Special", left slide etched "A True Texan" and top of slide etched with coyote howling at the moon and a Texas State Star; black Glass-Filled Nylon frame with checkered grips with embossed Ruger logos, fixed sights, (1) 6-rd. magazine. Ships in factory carton with (1) magazine finger-rest extension, Ruger gun rug, fired cartridge, padlock, manual and registration card.

The special edition Ruger LCP is in honor of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who used his Ruger LCP to dispatch a rabid coyote which attacked his dog while the governor was out jogging. The factory box is marked "For Sale To Texans Only" but if you have the spirit of a Texan, we'll sell you one. 

Even if you ain't a Texan but just want to be one in spirit, you can have one, too. I relisted the auction and for as long as our supplies of LCP-TEX last, it can be yours for a mere $360 buy-it-now on gunbroker.com.

P.S. Auction no. 2 lasted a little over two hours and we sold another one. We got a hot one here with two Texans buying the first two Coyote Specials. Here's auction number three. Let's see how long it lasts.

P.S.2 Or should it be 3? Number three LCP-TEX sold shortly after number two and we're outa stock. Looking for more but none so far. Ruger has suddenly got a very hot special edition going.

Camfour honors Texas Gov. Rick Perry with "Coyote" LCP model

Steve at The Firearm Blog posts about the Ruger LCP .380 special edition pistol called the "Coyote Special" in honor of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who shot a rabid coyote with his LCP while out jogging. The coyote attacked the gov's dog and he did what any good Texan would do, pulled his gat and took care of business.

As they say in Texas, if you ain't packin', you oughta be.

But Steve's speculation about the Coyote LCP is a bit off the mark.

The mainstream media got wind of these engraved Ruger LCP pistol that are selling in Texas and honor Gov. Rick Perry's shooting of a coyote during an early morning jog.

I have not seen any evidence to suggest that Ruger is manufacturing the pistol. I think some clever company is buying up Ruger LCPs and etching them.

That "clever company" is Camfour, one of the biggest distributors in the firearms industry and guess how they get their special-edition Coyote LCPs? Would you believe from the Ruger factory?

Camfour is like Lew Horton, Talo, Lipsey's and many other distributors, they don't make their own special-edition firearms from Ruger, S&W, Colt and other manufacturers, they just order them up from the factory with special specs. Camfour sent out a flier last week to the gun shop where I work offering the LCP Coyote Special.

Clever? Yes. Buying up Ruger LCPs and etching them? No. Distributors are like the Kenmore brand of appliances, Sears doesn't make anything, they just put their brand on various manufacturer's products.

But Camfour missed the mark in one regard with the Coyote Special. Gov. Perry's LCP was equipped with the Crimson Trace Laser Sight like the one shown at right. If you're gonna honor the Texas gov, do it right.