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1/22/2012 8:31:04 PM EDT
Anyone have and advice or own a Colt Junior 25 auto?  I'm not familiar with them at all but have a line on one for $175 with slight holster/pocket wear.  Does that sound like a decent price, and what am I getting myself into if I get one of these little guns?  I'm mainly looking at it for a collector value, not for the money so sell later so much as to just to have one.  Something to shoot occasionally from the past.

I don't have any pics at this point.
1/23/2012 5:37:22 AM EDT
[#1]
colt juniors are nice guns- 175 would be top end to me. they are strictly a pocket carry gun- not a lot of collector value, and not many people carry them anymore with the advent of similar size 32's and 380's. My brother has a soft spot for them and has 3 of them- 2 25's and a 22 short. for what they are they shoot pretty well, since they are all steel they are relatively heavy. they do tend to be very reliable and durable.
1/26/2012 10:32:17 AM EDT
[#2]
Werent the Juniors built under license for Colt by Astra?

ETA- I had a .22 Short model years ago. It was functioned pretty well.
1/26/2012 11:36:02 AM EDT
[#3]
Yes, colt contracted them to Astra.

Aight, I appreciate the replies guys.  I thinkmim gonna pass for now on it.  He wants $175 but I'm not feeling the Junior.
1/29/2012 3:45:10 PM EDT
[#4]
I bought one maybe 15 years ago for $200.  One reason I've got other Colts and 2nd It was in a sleeve on my ticket book when I went up on a traffic stop.