.25 pocket pistols

Get them all since you can. Stay away from Jennings j22. They have feeding/extraction problems. Other than that any pre war stuff and for most part what people recommended here. Nberettas are really nice. Cz fn etc
 
Calahan said:
In Dr. No, Bond turns in his Beretta for a PPK. They used a Beretta 1934 in the film instead of the 418 in the book. The funny part is they referred to the 32auto PPK as being more powerful than the .380 Beretta he (reluctantly) handed in onscreen.

But then, later in the movie, Bond is supposedly using his PPK with a suppressor, and he actually has an FN 1910. Same scene, he refers to his opponent's 7+1 shot Colt 1911 45ACP as a 6-shot Smith & Wesson.
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Thanks for the info. Guess I'll have to watch the movie. I saw a lot of the Bond movies before I could tell one gun from another. Maybe I have an excuse to look for a Beretta 1934 and FN 1910.
 
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Arrived today. Hopefully hit the range this weekend to try it out.
 
I have owned an old Colt 1908 .25 auto, an Astra Cub .22 Short, and a CZ45 .25 auto.

The Colt, though dating to the 1920s, was excellent and reliable.

The Astra Cub in .22 short was a POS. Frequent jamming, too soft steel, unreliable ignition, broken firing pins. Avoid it.

The CZ45 in .25 auto is very solid, but mine seems to have difficulty overcoming the magazine spring to feed cartridges, even with a good recoil spring.

The Baby Browning or a Beretta in .25 auto is the way to go, or a good old Colt 1908 .25 auto (or the FN marked equivalent.)

I don't think that the .22 short versions are reliable, but your mileage may vary.

As a 20 year old I was able to keep all my shots on paper at 20 yards with my Colt 1908, even with the microscopic-sized sights.

So, they aren't as inaccurate as some believe.
 
Rdrash I have 4 sale , two you may want. Priced to sell .
1 - FN Browning M- 1906 , in .25 acp. ( made from 1906 to 1959 )
2 - Savage M- 1907 , in .32 acp. ( made from 1907 to 1914)
PM me if interested . ,,,,,,,,, Frank
 
If you want to expand into the .32 ACP and .380 ACP class, buy an FN / Browning 1910.

These are wonderful little pistols.

The firing pin (the only weak point) is interchangeable with the FN / Colt 1908 .25 auto pistol.
The firing pin nose will break off with dry firing, as these are striker-fired pistols.

(Striker-fired in 1908? That's 109 years ago. Nothing new under the sun.)

The 1910 may be converted from .32ACP to .380 ACP (or vice versa) by merely swapping out the barrel.

The slide, magazine, and recoil spring work equally well with either cartridge.

I bought a .380 ACP barrel for mine back in the day. The only difference was snappier recoil.
 
Calahan said:
In Dr. No, Bond turns in his Beretta for a PPK. They used a Beretta 1934 in the film instead of the 418 in the book. The funny part is they referred to the 32auto PPK as being more powerful than the .380 Beretta he (reluctantly) handed in onscreen.

But then, later in the movie, Bond is supposedly using his PPK with a suppressor, and he actually has an FN 1910. Same scene, he refers to his opponent's 7+1 shot Colt 1911 45ACP as a 6-shot Smith & Wesson.

I guess while Bond has a "license to kill", the movie makers have "artistic license".
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And when he fights the "dragon", his Walther turns into a 1911 for a few moments.
 
drslav said:
Get them all since you can. Stay away from Jennings j22. They have feeding/extraction problems.
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That's odd. My little Jennings has always been super reliable and has never jammed on any brand of ammo. I bought it new many moons ago and shot it a ton before it became prohibited. It and a couple of pocket .380s earned my 12(6)! :)
 
Sorry I've been away from this page for a while. I picked up a browning 1906 (1905) and it's a great little gun. Has yet to jam on me and I've been feeding it all kinds of ammo. The only problem i have found so far is that once my wife shot it now she says hits hers.
Trevor
 
Y'all are making me jealous. Very jealous.

God how i hope the laws change before all these beauties go to the smelter...

Alternatively, who wants to marry me and hook me up with a 12.7? My wife would be pretty shocked to see divorce papers but I'm sure she'll understand when i explain it all... and if not at least i get 12.7. Lol
 
Doesn't have to be a wife. It can be next of kin. And maybe willed to a friend? I'm not sure about the last one. Some one will correct me if I'm wrong.

But man they are fun to shoot. A little expensive to shoot but fun.

Trevor
 
I worked on a wather , very nice gun, for cheap shooting the 850 beretta in 22 is hard to beat , unless you like loading 25 auto, I always thought that life was too short to start that.
BTW Trevor, you are wrong on the friend part don't work.
What you need is some old fart like me to adopt you ( if you are rich?), that way you cam keep the same wife, mind you , now that I think about that, the way the country is going,
maybe 2nd wife that has 12-6 and helps the 1 st wife out, , OMG , you would have to want 12-6 real bad.
 
I have a Mauser WPT 1 .25 acp and a FN 1910 in 380 acp along with 5 other 12(6) guns including S&W 36 with 3" bbl and they are all my favourites. I would put up photos but I have difficulty getting them on and I do not use photobucket.
 
They're fun and nothing short of super amusing.....put it in the palm of your hand...it's completely hidden! C'mon that's cool!!
 
Had a friend bring in an FN 1905 to work tonight, as she was recently willed a few prohib pistols by her grandfather, wasn't certain what it was, wanted me to have a look at them because she knew I would be interested, etc. Long story short, the 1905 firing pin nose is broken off, as was previously mentioned in this thread as a danger of dry firing a hundred year old gun.

So my question is, in the name of having a functional firearm as opposed to an heirloom paperweight, where can she find a replacement firing pin?
 
Numerich or sometimes Marstar (yes I said it) will have them. Numerich would cost you about $100 after you pay the $40 or so international handling fee
 
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