![]() ![]() The left side of the frame is marked “348227”. The right side of the slide is marked “COLT AUTOMATIC / CALIBRE 25”.”. JULY 31,1913” and at the rear with a Rampant Colt logo. Markings: left side of the slide is marked “COLT PT. The nice thing about small caliber pocket pistols is that you can carry a spare magazine and hardly notice it, just in case.Arrow_back Returns To All Sold Items arrow_back Return To Sold ColtsĪction Type: Single Action Semi-Auto Pistol with Removable Magazine Well, ya can't fix stupid but it showed us that even the lowly 25 can cause serious damage. Fortunately he was still in shock as we examined the exit would, which showed pieces of bone and ligament hanging out and when you looked at his palm you saw a burned and blasted out hole. Years ago in Peoria I knew a leo who said the 25 was worthless and to show us how worthless it was he put the barrel to his left palm and pulled the trigger. The same thing has happened with 22lr pocket pistols.Īs with Lloyd, you would not want to be the test target but in a recent test of defensive ammo in bunches of different calibers and test comparisons of the 22lr and the 25acp from same sized pistols, the 25 was the deadlier with ball ammo penetrating farther. There are also many tales of the 25 failing miserably, but if you intend or try to use a caliber beyond its capability you often get failures - think 38s and Grizzly Bears and you get the idea.Īfter I found the 25 acp not to penetrate steel drums I mounted a longer aftermarket barrel on my Beretta and wouldja believe the slug then penetrated the steel drum from a longer barrel. Let's not forget that before 380s and 9mms became the street cailber of convenience (meaning that they became common enough for street use) the 25 and 22 in pocket pistol format were all that was available and there were a lot of people shot and killed with those. Oldshooter: I tried that once with a Beretta 25 auto and got a richochet off my shin for my trouble - obviously, the 25 acp is not a hard target caliber, but it will killya. #Carrying a 1908 colt 25 pro#25 autos and similar? If I have the pistol reblued by a pro using hot blue, does it kill collector value completely? Best just leave it alone? Thanks guys, look forward to your replies. Will get some soon and try the old gun out.Īnyone have any experience with these old Colts? Are they the predecessor to the little raven. 45 to be sure but I'm also sure no bad guy ever was much reassured by the fact he'd only been shot with a. ![]() 22 revolver, while offering a bit more firepower. Truely a pocket pistol, it takes up not much more space in my front pocket than my tiny NAA. I've read that folks are still using these guns for carry and I can see why. ![]() Heck they didn't even have electricity when many of these old masterpieces were made. Truely they had auto pistols more or less perfected well over 100 years ago. The design is fascinating, the rear grip safety most interesting. With only about 60% of its original blue, mine wasn't worth near the gunbroker price but still more than the 100 buck pistol I've always considered it to be. I've had a growing preoccupation with case colors and the perfectly colored trigger\safety on the pocket pistol grabbed my eyes away from the damage to the original blued finish. Pulled it out and really went over it good. All the sudden mine in the back of the safe became more interesting. I've kinda ignored it forever till a few days ago when I came across one on gunbrokers by mistake. Its a 1908 vest pistol, a tiny little lightweight 6 shot auto and one heck of a neat pistol. ![]()
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