25 Autos

[pitsword]

Thanks Douglas, very nice and very interesting historically.

[Edward Tinker]

I like 25 acp's, I just have a couple and they aren't special ones

I do go through phases of where I pick up 32 acps and have a couple.

[Vlim]

Here is a little Mauser WTP2 with holster I bought a while ago.

Shown with a bigger brother for size comparison

And a M1910.

[Curly1]

My 2 Duos and CZ 1945

[padredan]

over forty years ago this was found on a nva officer and he was relieved of it. never really gave it much thought till i saw mr's bill's thread . Looks in pretty good shape for it;s age. Do not know much about it, just made in hersal belguim and marked 7.65, model depose.

[padredan]

thanks. Makes you wonder how it made it to south east asia ???? I carried it around with me for awhile at the time thinking i was well armed /lol.

[wlyon]

Oh my ...So many interesting firearms so little money. Bill

[Patronen]

Originally Posted by padredan

thanks. Makes you wonder how it made it to south east asia ???? I carried it around with me for awhile at the time thinking i was well armed /lol.

Maybe through a French Connection.

[GySgt1811]

My father-in-law used to carry a .25 Browning everywhere he went. I told him he'd better file the sights off of it. When he asked why I told him that if he decided to carry it he might feel the need to load it, and, if he loaded it he might feel the need to pull it out if trouble threatened, and if he pulled it out he might feel the need to shoot someone with it, and, if he shot someone with it they would get mad, take it away from him and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

We had a strange and strained relationship. He got in the last laugh. He willed the darned thing to me when he passed.

Best to all,

John

[padredan]

Great story John, yes it was called french indo china, You know something you really do not think too much about , then over forty years later you remember you have some odd little pocket pistol that you got a long time ago in a place you sometimes you try not to think about.I have had it this long i might as well keep it.lol.

[Olle]

Nice pictures, guys! I'm glad to see that there actually are some people interested in these little pip squeaks. They are cheap and plentiful so many people still use them as tackle box guns, which makes it difficult to find them in good condition. One day the collector community will wake up and say: "Where did they all go?"

My favorite .25 is the Mauser 1910, it is a blast to shoot. For some reason I find the scale of it intriguing, it just goes "pop", "pop" and throws those little cute .25 shells out. It almost feels like a model or a miniature copy of a "real" gun.

Originally Posted by rolandtg

A fine collection!
I have a little FN 1905 vest pocket that was given to me. Unfortunately it has someones name electro-penciled on it but it's a fun little pistol to shoot. Very ambitious safety mechanisms for such a tiny gun.

The grip safety sure makes them interesting to shoot. My hands are average size, but with the palm of my hand pressed against the safety, I can barely curl my index finger back far enough to pull the trigger.

[wlyon]

Rich
Had a nice Beretta 25 once. Sold it, no interest at that time. With this gun collecting I sometimes think I should be committed. Wife might agree. Bill

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by wlyon

Rich
Had as nice Beretta 25 once. Sold it, no interest at that time. With this gun collecting I sometimes think I should be committed. Wife might agree. Bill

Bill, I am frequently surprised that of all the weapons [rifles, shotgun (just one), and handguns] I own, most have never been shot [by me]...

Some are brand new, some decades/a hundred years old...All made shootable [thanks Alvin & LugerDoc!] and although I have a pistol range right across the street, i rarely find the 'spare time' to shoot anymore...

[pitsword]

Anyone remember Barry Sadler, the Green Beret that wrote and sang the ballads. The same Gent that cast too much sunshine on folks that work in the shadows. IIRC, he met his demise at the wrong end of a 25 acp in some rundown bar for expats in Central America. One of his serving peers once told me how effective the little, subtle 25 acp is when whispering in someones ear.

[apis mellifera]

I've had two of those Colts. I bought a very nice one for $200 and later traded it for an Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite even up. The very next day I bought an even nicer one to replace it for $200. I still have both the Sprite and the replacement Colt and I have yet to decide if I got the short end in the trade.

[MikeP]

Barry Saddler was shot in the backseat of a cab in Guatamala city in1989.

Indeterminate if it was robbery, assassination, or his drunken playing with his beretta .380 found in his lap.

He was with a girlfriend and endulging in one of his frequent binges.

FMJ entered his gourd and he died in a day or two.


My Star CO .25-very sturdy.

[pitsword]

Mike, I agree with the head shot in the cab, I was wrong about the .25 in the bar. Looked it up on wiki, for what it is worth, says he was evacuated back to States and lingered in a coma for almost a year. Thanks for your service.

[padredan]

you know when i posted one this bayard auto i thought it was a .25 auto which is 6.35 this is a 7.65 or .32 auto. I never even rememberd what the caliber was/lol. It seems it does not work , as it does not dry fire. Not a clue how to disassemble it. you know after forty years we tend to forget things.

[alanint]

Many of these small pocket pistols have a set of witness marks on the slide/frame that need to be lined up. Once lined up, twisting the barrel will generally initiate takedown.

Of course after following all common sense safety precautions.

[padredan]

Roger that. only thing is the barrel is on the bottom and the slide on the top and the barrell does not reciprocate