Bauer .25 auto...Hey! I got it working

Stevie · 12-20-2003, 01:36 PM

I got this tiny gun several years ago at a gunshow, and it has never been very reliable. New mags and different ammo were no help. I finely came to the conclusion that the extractor was worn out. I installed a new one from GunParts Corp and now she works(if you don't get your fat hand in the slides way). Now if I can only get my DWM 1920 P08 to be as reliable, all my guns will be working.

Stevie.

Roadkill · 12-20-2003, 05:58 PM

Makes you feel good when you fix something. I've got a .25 Haenel/Schmeisser an uncle brought back from WWII, great little shooter and accurate but most likely just as dangerous to the shooter as the shotat, would be real easy to get a finger in the way. I got bored earlier this afternoon and finally pulled the magazine safety plunger out of a Browning High Power, the trigger was really crappy, feels much better. Wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I'll try it out in a few days.

rk

Stevie · 12-21-2003, 11:32 AM

The little Bauer and my Hi-power are the only pistols I own that incorporate mag saftys. I have to oil the top front of the Browning's magazine to get a decent trigger pull. The Bauer pistol is a copy of the Baby Browning(in stainless steel). I think I would prefer something a little bit bigger in a gunfight, but the Bauer .25 is a cutie.

Stevie

policeluger · 12-21-2003, 12:09 PM

You can easly remove the BHP mag safety and improve the trigger pull about 100%. If you need instruction please reply and I'll see if I can email you trough it.

Stevie · 12-21-2003, 01:27 PM

It doesn't look too hard to do. I guess the pin to remove is the little one visable below the frame in the trigger(don't have to remove the trigger or trigger pivot pin?),square headed plunger and spring should pop out. Do you need to pull up on the trigger lever(thingy that pushes the lever in the slide) or remove it to let the plunger out? I got my skinny roll pin punch, tiny ballpeen hammer, and wood block ready( and my exploded parts picture).

Thanx, Stevie.

policeluger · 12-21-2003, 03:55 PM

You got it...I always remove the entire trigger, and gives me a chance too clean that area well, small roll pin and spring/plunger easer too take apart at that time, but you are right you do not need too remove the trigger completely....you'll be happer with the trigger pull..

John -Melb · 12-22-2003, 05:32 AM

Stevie,
re. using a .25 in a gunfight. I remember an old soldier once telling me that the good part about a .25 is that it's likely to be with at times and in places that a bigger gun isn't.
He also said that a face-full of .25 slugs at your opponent gives you the edge in the fist-fight that follows!

Stevie · 12-22-2003, 03:23 PM

When I got the little Bauer, I wet to my Fathers farm and fired some shots into the side of a junk car. I can factualy state that the .25 auto will completely penetrate both doors(in one side and out the other) of a 74 Plymouth sedan. Thats 4 layers of fairly heavy guage steel. Somewhere I read an artical about a hand machined miniture Thompson sub gun chambered in .25ACP. Maybe the shooting public is missing something; I bet you could get a bunch of .25's into the grip of a Browning HiPower(maybe 4 rows of em).

Happy Holidays. Stevie.

12-20-2003, 01:36 PM	#1
Stevie User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ok. Posts: 212 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bauer .25 auto...Hey! I got it working I got this tiny gun several years ago at a gunshow, and it has never been very reliable. New mags and different ammo were no help. I finely came to the conclusion that the extractor was worn out. I installed a new one from GunParts Corp and now she works(if you don't get your fat hand in the slides way). Now if I can only get my DWM 1920 P08 to be as reliable, all my guns will be working. Stevie.

12-20-2003, 05:58 PM	#2
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Makes you feel good when you fix something. I've got a .25 Haenel/Schmeisser an uncle brought back from WWII, great little shooter and accurate but most likely just as dangerous to the shooter as the shotat, would be real easy to get a finger in the way. I got bored earlier this afternoon and finally pulled the magazine safety plunger out of a Browning High Power, the trigger was really crappy, feels much better. Wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I'll try it out in a few days. rk

12-21-2003, 11:32 AM	#3
Stevie User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ok. Posts: 212 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The little Bauer and my Hi-power are the only pistols I own that incorporate mag saftys. I have to oil the top front of the Browning's magazine to get a decent trigger pull. The Bauer pistol is a copy of the Baby Browning(in stainless steel). I think I would prefer something a little bit bigger in a gunfight, but the Bauer .25 is a cutie. Stevie

12-21-2003, 12:09 PM	#4
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	You can easly remove the BHP mag safety and improve the trigger pull about 100%. If you need instruction please reply and I'll see if I can email you trough it.

12-21-2003, 01:27 PM	#5
Stevie User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ok. Posts: 212 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It doesn't look too hard to do. I guess the pin to remove is the little one visable below the frame in the trigger(don't have to remove the trigger or trigger pivot pin?),square headed plunger and spring should pop out. Do you need to pull up on the trigger lever(thingy that pushes the lever in the slide) or remove it to let the plunger out? I got my skinny roll pin punch, tiny ballpeen hammer, and wood block ready( and my exploded parts picture). Thanx, Stevie.

12-21-2003, 03:55 PM	#6
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	You got it...I always remove the entire trigger, and gives me a chance too clean that area well, small roll pin and spring/plunger easer too take apart at that time, but you are right you do not need too remove the trigger completely....you'll be happer with the trigger pull..

12-22-2003, 05:32 AM	#7
John -Melb User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melbourne, Peoples Republic of Australia! Posts: 145 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Stevie, re. using a .25 in a gunfight. I remember an old soldier once telling me that the good part about a .25 is that it's likely to be with at times and in places that a bigger gun isn't. He also said that a face-full of .25 slugs at your opponent gives you the edge in the fist-fight that follows!

12-22-2003, 03:23 PM	#8
Stevie User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ok. Posts: 212 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	When I got the little Bauer, I wet to my Fathers farm and fired some shots into the side of a junk car. I can factualy state that the .25 auto will completely penetrate both doors(in one side and out the other) of a 74 Plymouth sedan. Thats 4 layers of fairly heavy guage steel. Somewhere I read an artical about a hand machined miniture Thompson sub gun chambered in .25ACP. Maybe the shooting public is missing something; I bet you could get a bunch of .25's into the grip of a Browning HiPower(maybe 4 rows of em). Happy Holidays. Stevie.