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Posted: 3/15/2018 9:33:07 AM EST

I have a few .32 guns. I'm sure many tier-1 arfcom operators would deem them silly, but I enjoy them. Now I've got the itch to buy something in .25acp to bridge the gap between my Beretta minx in .22short and my .32 Frommer Stop. Maybe a Mauser 1910?

Please share some photos and experiences.

Edit: page two, purchased a Mauser model 1910. Still looking for a Walther model 9.

Posted: 3/15/2018 9:34:29 AM EST

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I'll start:

Derp. Wrong photo attached.

Posted: 3/15/2018 9:35:57 AM EST

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Here's mine. Fun little gun, I hardly ever shoot it though.

Posted: 3/15/2018 9:39:56 AM EST

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Which model is that?

Posted: 3/15/2018 9:42:33 AM EST

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Here's mine. Fun little gun, I hardly ever shoot it though.

Which model is that?

Colt Junior

Posted: 3/15/2018 9:48:26 AM EST

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I have a Titan .25ACP that my Grandfather gave me about 15 years ago that for all intents and purposes should be a P.O.S. but the little thing shoots well and works perfectly.

Posted: 3/15/2018 9:52:54 AM EST

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Posted: 3/15/2018 9:55:34 AM EST

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I want want one of these. I highly doubt any of the few made were imported prior to '68 though.

Posted: 3/15/2018 9:55:45 AM EST

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Is that a .25 ACP Frommer Stop? I thought they only went down to .32 ACP.

As for me in .25 ACP I have:

A Seecamp, a pair of Brescia Galeci's, a Taurus PT-25, and a little Velo-Dog type revolver.

Posted: 3/15/2018 9:59:03 AM EST

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Oops....Misread...thought it said .32, so never mind

Posted: 3/15/2018 9:59:21 AM EST

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Is that a .25 ACP Frommer Stop? I thought they only went down to .32 ACP.

As for me in .25 ACP I have:

A Seecamp, a pair of Brescia Galeci's, a Taurus PT-25, and a little Velo-Dog type revolver.

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My bad. I attached the wrong photo. One moment.

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:03:36 AM EST

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Mauser model 1910.

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:03:36 AM EST

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I have a Sterling Arms .25. I'll take pictures when I get home. My grandfather used to pocket carry it in NYC in the 80s, lol. It needs a magazine.

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:07:32 AM EST

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Mauser model 1910.

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Very nice. Any chance you can post a photo of that with a dollar, or some other standard reference object?

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:10:11 AM EST

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I was lucky enough to get one of the ones that works flawlessly although its still a .25 it only cost me $20.

I also found this one in .22lr for $50.

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:10:51 AM EST

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Babylon Berlin on Netflix is full of 6.35 and 7.65 pistol porn.

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:11:50 AM EST

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You win. What is it? Haha.

Edit: found it. Well... It's simple enough that you could probably make something similar.

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:12:46 AM EST

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I don't have a picture of mine. But it looks exactly like this.

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:12:51 AM EST

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I have a Beretta 950 .25ACP. Neat little gun. Never had a jam or a problem in 20+years. Being single action and tiny, it's a little slow into action but accurate despite tiny "sights". The tip up barrel is convenient to check status and also negates need to rack the slide for elderly/weak hands.

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:15:24 AM EST

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Those are cool, I'll grab one someday. PPKs and TPHs are cool also.

.25 ACP would make a fun reloadable round for a .22 LR style rifle/carbine.

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:18:57 AM EST

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I want want one of these. I highly doubt any of the few made were imported prior to '68 though.

You win. What is it? Haha.

Edit: found it. Well... It's simple enough that you could probably make something similar.

Lercker machine pistol. Who doesn't want an open bolt, full auto pocket gun?

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:32:30 AM EST

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I have a Beretta 950 .25ACP. Neat little gun. Never had a jam or a problem in 20+years. Being single action and tiny, it's a little slow into action but accurate despite tiny "sights". The tip up barrel is convenient to check status and also negates need to rack the slide for elderly/weak hands.

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I've been looking for one of these. I have the .22 short model, but it's a pain in my ass. One range visit it's perfect, the next it can go two rounds in a row. I thought the .25 would be more reliable.

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:33:40 AM EST

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Walther PP .32acp

Unfortunately it isn't reliable and hasn't been since the day I bought it.

It went to a gunsmith, but of course it didn't malfunction for him

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Posted: 3/15/2018 10:41:14 AM EST

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Mauser would be cool.

I want one of the weirdo prewar Styer-Pieper .25's. If its not a serious use gun, the stranger the better

Posted: 3/15/2018 10:59:40 AM EST

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Baby Browning

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Posted: 3/16/2018 10:10:28 AM EST

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I think I've narrowed my search to...

-Any Browning with a decent price tag
-Iver J PP 25
-Beretta 850 25

Posted: 3/16/2018 10:21:56 AM EST

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I have a few .32 guns. I'm sure many tier-1 arfcom operators would deem them silly, but I enjoy them. Now I've got the itch to buy something in .25acp to bridge the gap between my Beretta minx in .22short and my .32 Frommer Stop. Maybe a Mauser 1910?

Please share some photos and experiences.

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I have a minx 22short and a blue and a nickel 950 25acp.

The minx gives me every failure-to-whatever imaginable.

both 950s run virtually flawlessly

Posted: 3/16/2018 10:38:59 AM EST

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I love tiny guns, gunna get a 25acp or five someday.

The baby browning is pretty amazing, as is the walther lookalike that's slightly smaller. The Beretta 21A in 25acp is also a cool little gun.

I kind of want to try reloading it. You can use no 3 buckshot as plinking bullets.

Posted: 3/16/2018 10:46:34 AM EST

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I have a minx 22short and a blue and a nickel 950 25acp.

The minx gives me every failure-to-whatever imaginable.

both 950s run virtually flawlessly

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Yea...I can't seem to "crack the code" on the .22 short. Clean, dirty, dry, wet, every ammo I can find...

Posted: 3/16/2018 10:52:02 AM EST

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Posted: 3/16/2018 10:59:24 AM EST

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Best 25s I've ever shot have been my 950s. I'm a sucker for mouseguns.

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Posted: 3/16/2018 11:04:48 AM EST

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right, but don't be at all afraid of the 950 because of the minx

filthy dirty , bone dry with crap ammo you MIGHT get the 950 to fail

Posted: 3/16/2018 11:05:02 AM EST

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Sorry about the potato pic, it's all I have on my pc.

Beretta 950 .25, Manchurian PP .32, Bersa .22

Posted: 3/16/2018 11:07:12 AM EST

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Walther PP .32acp

Unfortunately it isn't reliable and hasn't been since the day I bought it.

It went to a gunsmith, but of course it didn't malfunction for him

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I have a Manchurian PP .32, pic in an earlier post.

It is very reliable, it just cuts the shit out of my hand and has a 35 lb double action trigger pull.

Posted: 3/16/2018 11:08:21 AM EST

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I think I've narrowed my search to...

-Any Browning with a decent price tag
-Iver J PP 25
-Beretta 850 25

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The Beretta 950 is what I'd choose out of those three. Caliber aside, they're neat little guns.

Posted: 3/16/2018 11:10:12 AM EST

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right, but don't be at all afraid of the 950 because of the minx

filthy dirty , bone dry with crap ammo you MIGHT get the 950 to fail

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My 25 ACP 950s have been absolutely reliable. I carried one for a lot of years as a pocket gun, then I got one that used to be my Grandfathers and picked up a 22 Short in a pawn shop. Great guns but they put micro grooves in the top of my hand when I shoot them.

Posted: 3/16/2018 11:11:00 AM EST

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right, but don't be at all afraid of the 950 because of the minx

filthy dirty , bone dry with crap ammo you MIGHT get the 950 to fail

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Sounds like they diverted all available "reliability" to that area of the factory. Lol.

Posted: 3/16/2018 11:14:21 AM EST

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I have a Manchurian PP .32, pic in an earlier post.

It is very reliable, it just cuts the shit out of my hand and has a 35 lb double action trigger pull.

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PPs like PPKs, and the PPK/S were available in .25 also, but $$$$$$$

Posted: 3/16/2018 11:23:27 AM EST

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Sounds like they diverted all available "reliability" to that area of the factory. Lol.

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I don't think there's anything defective with the minx guns.

22 short is just drastically inferior for the job 25acp was designed for.

950 is also 8 + 1 capacity

When all you're doing is poking 1/4 inch holes in an attacker an extra 1-3 over other pocket guns could matter.

Posted: 3/16/2018 11:26:16 AM EST

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No .25s in the safe (yet) but it's a fascinating little round:

It has even been wildcatted:

Posted: 3/16/2018 11:40:19 AM EST

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On my list of someday guns is a Walther model 9

Posted: 3/17/2018 10:37:43 AM EST

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I snagged one last month. I had never seen one in the wild before so I jumped on it.

Posted: 3/17/2018 10:41:32 AM EST

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I remember seeing them at gun shows every once in awhile, almost always with a heavily worn finish. They weren't too expensive at the time.

Posted: 3/17/2018 10:49:22 AM EST

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I was lucky enough to get one of the ones that works flawlessly although its still a .25 it only cost me $20.

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I got one of the .25 Ravens for free many years ago. A local indoor range gave them away if you renewed your membership. It's probably not worth shit but I still have it.

Posted: 3/17/2018 11:13:03 AM EST

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I had a Lorcin .25acp once... gave it to my father in law when he moved to a appartment in the city.. he's potentially an easy target, lots of health problems, didn't have anything and didn't have the money for anything. I polished the feed ramp and cut some slide aberrations since he had a hard time working the slide. Got it working fairly well, showed him how to use it and said "here". He wanted to give me something for it..I laughed and told him I felt bad about giving that piece of junk to anyone, you don't owe me a thing!

He's still got it.

Posted: 3/17/2018 11:39:28 AM EST

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.32 ACP FMJ is seemingly the smallest centerfire automatic caliber that will reliably penetrate @ least 12" in ballistic gel; hence its long use in European armies in FMJ.

.25 ACP is seemingly the candidate for a .22 LR replacement in a long shortage; that necked-down .17? .20? ACP looks very interesting, as pressures could be pushed higher than .17 HM2.

Posted: 3/18/2018 8:16:55 AM EST

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I snagged one last month. I had never seen one in the wild before so I jumped on it.

I remember seeing them at gun shows every once in awhile, almost always with a heavily worn finish. They weren't too expensive at the time.

I got mine for a little less than what an average baby browning cost