Dan, I have field strip and detail strip instructions if you would like them.

great, would be very helpfull, thank you.

I'll send them to your e-mail.

thanks dave, i got it apart, had to remoce the front sight, who would have thunk it/lol. this little popper is one well machined pistol, some one took alot of time to build these pistols. after forty years and i may try to figure out how it works and see if i can get it to shoot.

learn something new everyday... the front sight, huh?

yes how about that http://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/Bayard/bayard.html it is really well made

When you get it to shoot, post a range report.:thumbsup:

roger that, it seems when i pull the trigger it does not engage the hammer,hmmm. another project. thinking back i do not think it was even loaded when taken from the nva officer, i guess he was playing safe or he could not get it to work either.

That is a very interesting design, hopefully you can get it functional again.

Dan, your Bayard is visually similar to the old S&W mod 61 .22 cal pistol. Comments?

Charlie

yes visualy, but no where close after that.

After disasembling and inspectiing the pistol, it has a broken trigger spring, oh well, not like i was going to use it alot. after all i havn't tried to fire it in over forty years anyway. It is amazing the machining and fitting that went into making of these small pocket pistols. I guess that was common for these type weapons way before you had to have a permit to carry concealed, Another thing this gun ended up in asia in a tropical climate and it has very little rust or pitting/ i think i had stored it for a long time is a oil coated pouch, anyway i may find a trigger spring one day and actuly fire it. it does hold five rounds and is a .32 acp.

What a wonderful and educational thread on .25's Thanks to Bill for starting it, and all those who shared these great photos!

Thanks for posting all the great pictures. I feel kinda left out, since I've only got a little Beretta Jetfire. :D

thanks bound to be some out there, i got to thinking on it, somewhere i have the capture papers on it. not sure it would matter but would add some providence to it.

Didnt John Browning invent the .25 ACP because of 22 feeding problems?

Wikipedia indicates that the .25acp is a Browning introduced pistol cartridge:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.25_ACP

have never heard that, hmmm interesting.

Browning knew his stuff - that the .22 posed so many feeding problems, it could not be reliably used in a semi-auto pistol. so he developed the .25 ACP to overcome the problem. Even with the .22 semi-autos of today, the problem still exists. For example a bud of mine absolutely cannot fire Remington goldens out of his Ruger Mk III - anything else cycles fine....