Anyone here own .25 Pimp gun?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Anyone here own .25 Pimp gun?

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:35:00 AM EST

I do, but It was taken from a dead German officer by my Grandpa in World War 2.

I want to shoot it, but I feel I am just not worthy enough to. No one in my family has shot it, and the last guy who did

was dead in a Panzer.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:36:50 AM EST

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PICS!

I would shoot it, at least a few times.

After all, it is a gun, that's what it's meant for.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:37:54 AM EST

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I don't own one, but I got tagged by one in San Diego.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:39:34 AM EST

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Pimp gun, so I assume it has pearl grips?

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:39:52 AM EST

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I just picked up a Colt 1908 Vest Pocket.

My first, in the .25 caliber.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:41:26 AM EST

[#5]

To me that's not really a pimp gun.

25 ACP was big in Europe before WW II.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:43:00 AM EST

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Astra .25 in my desk draver, but it's in pieces.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:48:35 AM EST

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Astra .25 in my desk draver, but it's in pieces.

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Cub? If so, it's one of the best of the breed. Mine is in .22 short.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:50:01 AM EST

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I used to have a Baby Browning identical to this one...

But, I sold it ages ago.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:50:19 AM EST

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Posted: 11/28/2013 5:50:58 AM EST

[#10]

My MIL has a .25 auto.

Her eldest daughter, my Beloved, has a S&W Model 28

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:53:12 AM EST

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Cub? If so, it's one of the best of the breed. Mine is in .22 short.

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Astra .25 in my desk draver, but it's in pieces.

Cub? If so, it's one of the best of the breed. Mine is in .22 short.

No, it's a firecat.

I got it for $35 out the door at a pawn shop. It looked like someone hid it in a box of salt under thier drivers seat for 10 years. I sanded and duracoated it, and haven't put it back together. It didn't come with a magazine, so i've never shot it.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:54:17 AM EST

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I just picked up a Colt 1908 Vest Pocket.

My first, in the .25 caliber.

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I had one that I traded for other stuff, couldn't find ammo at the time. Didn't realize how cool they are till it was gone. got to get another. Very well made and just plain cute.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:55:00 AM EST

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Pics please. You do not even mention the model?

6.35 Browning, known as 25 ACP here in the US, were considered the gun for non-combat officers to have. They never intended to use it, they just wore it for show so they wanted it light and small. The saying was, the higher the rank, the smaller the caliber.

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:01:28 AM EST

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I have 3.

I carry the Baby Bauer in pocket at all times, everywhere I go.... Yes.... even on duty.

I also have two Spanish model 1916 Rubbies.

Neat knock offs.

If the prices were still what they were 5 and 10 years ago, I would collect them.

Prices have exploded on .25 pocket pistols.

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:08:53 AM EST

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Posted: 11/28/2013 6:14:25 AM EST

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I used to have a Baby Browning identical to this one...

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But, I sold it ages ago.

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I've had an FN Browning Baby since the 70's. Swapped a Marlin .22 rifle for it.

Mine is blued with black grips.

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:17:17 AM EST

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Only one I ever messed with was Jennings, total piece of shit owned by a guy I know who was the worst kind of gun owner. (You know, the type that turns his SKS into a "sniper rifle".) I can appreciate the nicer ones though, would like to own one at some point.

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:17:50 AM EST

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I do, but It was taken from a dead German officer by my Grandpa in World War 2.

I want to shoot it, but I feel I am just not worthy enough to. No one in my family has shot it, and the last guy who did

was dead in a Panzer.

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It was issued to a guy in WWII, who got killed. Your granddad took it off him. What makes it so special that you feel you're not "worthy" to shoot it?

We're not talking about Audie Murphy's pistol here.

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:19:18 AM EST

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I like the little buggers, have three of them.

A Bauer (sorry, took off the faux pearl grips and substituted checkered wood), a French Mikros (one of the few .25's I've found with an external hammer), and the original James Bond gun, a Beretta 418.

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:21:08 AM EST

[#20]

From his cold dead Nazi hands -- I like it.

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:22:32 AM EST

[#21]

I have a FN 1906 but I'd hardly call it a pimp gun.

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:24:41 AM EST

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FN 1908

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:25:00 AM EST

[#23]

Beretta 418.

The first James Bond gun

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:31:08 AM EST

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Probably an Ortgies pocket pistol. I have one too. My grandfather procured it after the battle of the Bulge. It's a neat little pistol. The cocking mechanism is actuated with the grip. It's kind of like a grip safety or HKP7.

A lot of pistols, watches, and stuff were taken from Nazis when they passed through security check points after they surrendered.

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:50:03 AM EST

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Not a pimp gun but I have a Beretta 950S that a friend gave me years ago

My 6 year old son has his great-grandfathers WW2 Astra bring back that I am entrusted with until he is of legal age. The funny part is that it was not taken from a soldier but from a French prostitute so I guess it might have been a pimps property at one time

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:52:29 AM EST

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I used to have a Baby Browning identical to this one...

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee179/arfcom556/babybrowning_zps1c6aef42.jpg

But, I sold it ages ago.

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My dad carried one of those for years.

Posted: 11/28/2013 7:12:38 AM EST

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if someone ever shot me with a .25 and I found out about it, I'd be pissed.

yes, I owned a phoenix arms .25 for a while. spent more time trying to get it to work than actually shooting it.

Posted: 11/28/2013 7:35:26 AM EST

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Posted: 11/28/2013 7:41:07 AM EST

[#29]

I have a Raven I inherited, and I have a Bauer Brothers Baby Browning clone that was the first gun my wife bought for herself (then gave me me)

Posted: 11/28/2013 8:11:34 AM EST

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I had one. A Lorcin .25 with pink pearlescent plastic stocks on it and cheap nickel finish. It would never get through a complete magazine without jamming. However, it was just the right size for throwing at someone and hoping you hit them in the head with it. I tried to sell it to a pawnshop and they wouldn't take it because of the reputation of being a jam o matic. I think I paid $60.00 for it and finally got rid of it at a gun buy back in Parma Oh. I got $100.00 worth of gas cards for it and two tickets to a Cavaliers game. Gave the tickets away and used the gas cards. Laughed about it all the way home.

Posted: 11/28/2013 8:18:06 AM EST

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I had one. A Lorcin .25 with pink pearlescent plastic stocks on it and cheap nickel finish. It would never get through a complete magazine without jamming. However, it was just the right size for throwing at someone and hoping you hit them in the head with it. I tried to sell it to a pawnshop and they wouldn't take it because of the reputation of being a jam o matic. I think I paid $60.00 for it and finally got rid of it at a gun buy back in Parma Oh. I got $100.00 worth of gas cards for it and two tickets to a Cavaliers game. Gave the tickets away and used the gas cards. Laughed about it all the way home.

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LOL!!...

Posted: 11/28/2013 8:44:58 AM EST

[#32]

I once shot a .25 Jennings at an aluminum beer can from 20 feet and it bounced off.

Posted: 11/28/2013 9:45:04 AM EST

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I once shot a .25 Jennings at an aluminum beer can from 20 feet and it bounced off.

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I'm calling BS!

You didn't hit shit from 20 feet away with a .25.

Posted: 11/28/2013 9:49:27 AM EST

[#34]

Jennings count?

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Posted: 11/28/2013 9:52:31 AM EST

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I would not call a Baby Browning or a Colt 25 Auto a pimp gun (or the Beretta Jetfire).

Posted: 11/28/2013 9:56:31 AM EST

[#36]

No

Posted: 11/28/2013 9:59:14 AM EST

[#37]

One Astra Firecat, and one Galesi Brescia. Both are .25 ACP.

Posted: 11/28/2013 5:06:50 PM EST

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One Astra Firecat, and one Galesi Brescia. Both are .25 ACP.

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I didn't expect you to show up in this thread...

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:18:22 PM EST

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I bought a chrome 950 off an EMS tech who said his wife thought it was too flashy.

Paladin

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:22:06 PM EST

[#40]

Is it a pimp cane gun?

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:24:39 PM EST

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I would not call a Baby Browning or a Colt 25 Auto a pimp gun (or the Beretta Jetfire).

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When I hear "Pimp Gun", I think more of one that's blinged out... like the chrome plated Baby Browning with fake pearl grips and gold plated trigger.

Posted: 11/28/2013 6:26:48 PM EST

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Beretta 418.

The first James Bond gun

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This. I inherited it from my grandfather. He carried it every day for years.

Posted: 11/29/2013 12:58:13 PM EST

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I didn't expect you to show up in this thread...

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It was the lack of a fur collared coat and hat that fooled ya, wasn't it?

That being said.... NOBODY EXPECTS..

Posted: 11/29/2013 1:02:34 PM EST

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My homie!

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