Replacing my 25 Auto

Sorry, tangolima, but I have to disagree on the Mauser except as a collectors' item. They are notorious for broken springs and broken firing pins in both the .32 and .25 versions.

Some folks seem to believe that it is OK if the smaller pistols are less reliable than "real" guns. That is poor thinking. If one has to carry a .25 pistol, either out of need for concealment or because that is all one has, there is no room for failure on the part of either the gun or the shooter. The extremes in pistols (e.g., .44 Magnum and .25 Auto) are for experts who are willing to spend time and money in practice. Otherwise, both will be problematical.

Jim
 
Jim,

I agree with you. I wouldn't carry it. But as an addition to collection, it is a good choice. Unusual and quirky, it is the only thing I have in that caliber. In fact I probably wouldn't have 25acp at all if not for this pistol.

-TL

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Really though, while the .25s are decent guns, today we have guns like the Ruger LCP that is just as small and light but fires a much more powerful round. There isn't much room for a .25 in 2017. No wonder Beretta stopped making them, their Pico is a much better deep concealer defender.
 
I owned a model 21 in .22 CAL. and a 950 in .25, years ago. I sold both of them for some reason, I think I wanted a stainless pistol and bought a Walther TPH in .22. I never had the first problem with either one, carried them in my rear pants pocket most of the time when on the farm, when I didn't want to carry a heavier pistol. Even though they were not power houses they were better than a Case pocket knife. I shot a few snakes now and then with them.
 
Really though, while the .25s are decent guns, today we have guns like the Ruger LCP that is just as small and light but fires a much more powerful round. There isn't much room for a .25 in 2017. No wonder Beretta stopped making them, their Pico is a much better deep concealer defender.
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You guys think the Beretta Pico would be a pretty good choice for a lite weight carry gun? There are times I can't always carry my regular 9MM guns or .357 revolvers due to heavy duty physical work, running chainsaws and equipment.
 
The Ruger LCP is quite a bit bigger than a Browning .25!
The American "bigger is always better" attitude is the only reason .25s are not popular.
 
I believe my Fanner 50 was zinc. My first actual step down the Single Action Army path. Still carry a SA to this day.
 
I can speak for the quality of the Astra cub .25 as I own one. It is a great shooter and all steel. They can be had for decent prices. The fact that Colt would put their name on a pistol that they had Astra make for them speaks volumes for the quality that was put out by Astra, IMHO.
 
I bought the 950B (no safety) with 3 magazines for $85 US. They normally sell for around $210 US in Canada but the seller got it in a trade and said it wasn't working right. I disassembled it and it was just the left side recoil spring was installed wrong. Now it works fine and is a very nice little pistol.

Two of the magazines insert but they don't feed so I suspect they may be Beretta 950BS magazines which I have read are different from the 950B magazines.

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You really can't go wrong with a Beretta Jetfire (950bs). They are just classic Italian design in a durable, still easy to find package.

Be patient, they pop up fairly regularly. As a frame of reference, I just picked up a NIB Beretta 950bs EL model factory complete for $400. A used standard model should go for no more than $300 tops and that should be almost NIB.

Good luck in your search - the hunting is as much fun as the "kill" in looking for out of print guns...
 
The NAA Guardian is not a .25 acp. It's .25 NAA-which is the .32 acp necked down to .25. The gun is the same size as the NAA .380.
The NAA Guardian .32 is much smaller- but they are extremely heavy.
 
I missed the nice PSP clone I gave up after I bought my LCP .380, so when I came across a pretty little Bauer, well below market price, I snapped it up. The previous owner was up front about disclosing that the little gun jammed frequently and priced it accordingly. I quickly determined that the cheap aftermarket magazine was the likely culprit. Buy factory Bauer, PSP or, preferably Browning mags. Yes, they cost twice as much, but they work.
 
Since this is a place to post “I have a—” let me throw the Star CO (mentioned earlier) or the Star CK. The CO is a beautifully machined all steel pistol and the ones I have are concealable and reliable, the CK is aluminum framed and nicer ergonomically with the CO upper assembly making it lighter and more modern looking. Both pistols can be found if a diligent search is made. The CK was imported in much smaller numbers than the CO.
 
Thanks for the recent posts. I've given up on the 25 for the time being. If the stars align someday I'll end up with another. I'm working on procuring one of the NAA 32's to get my mouse gun fix and have acquired some reloading supplies also. The 25 naa looks interesting. If I could easily get brass for it in the future it'll probably end up in my collecting as well.
 
Bill DeShivs The NAA Guardian is not a .25 acp. It's .25 NAA-which is the .32 acp necked down to .25. The gun is the same size as the NAA .380.
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the 25 NAA is the same size as the NAA 32 acp Guardian, not the .380
 
Well....

I prefer .22 LR just because of the ammo cost you will shoot it all the time.

Practice is everything in firearms proficiency.
 
I'm very happy with my Taurus 25-PLY,,,

That's the polymer version of the older PT-25.

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I purchased 500 rounds of ammo when I bought the pistol,,,
I've fired over 300 rounds and not one mishap.

I've read and been told that the polymer version of the gun,,,
Is much more reliable than the previous metal version.

Aarond

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