Quoth the RAVEN "Nevermore", or never say never!

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Really!?!

I own Raven?

How can this be? I'ma blame global warming for my lapse of reason or simple sympathy.

I was at an estate sale rummaging through reloading supplies and range-day dross and came upon this sad little, neglected Corvus.

Says I to them: Yes? and how much?

Says them t'I: Yes indeed and whatcha think?

I go $25.00 and they go yeah.

With a loaded mag to boot.

Never, ever did I think I'd own one but now I do.

What ever is the world coming to?

For those who don't know, in the lower photo, it's not doing its best puff adder imitation to intimidate but rather, is sitting atop a Walther PP for comps.

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Todd.
 

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gunlaw said:
I had one years ago. Not a bad little gun.
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What he said. Freshly divorced and as broke as I've ever been. Only thing I could afford. Mine was nickel and went BANG every time I pulled the trigger......
 
Glad to hear it fellas.

Guess I'll take it out, give it a run and hang it with the Beretta & Browning.


Todd.
 
"Back in the day" as they say, I wanted one of those in the worst way. But I couldn't come up with the $29.95 they wanted for one, NIB at the local G.E.M. store.

I was a broke, newly married, couple of years out of high school guy, who'd just bought a car, and a house. $29.95 sounds dirt cheap today, but in those days, it was the better part of a weeks pay. I could however at least dream about owning a Raven. A Colt Government Model, or a Smith & Wesson Model 19...HA...they might as well have cost a million bucks. I couldn't even afford to dream about them.

Never did get a Raven.
 
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"Back in the day" as they say, I wanted one of those in the worst way. But I couldn't come up with the $29.95 they wanted for one, NIB at the local G.E.M. store.

I was a broke, newly married, couple of years out of high school guy, who'd just bought a car, and a house. $29.95 sounds dirt cheap today, but in those days, it was the better part of a weeks pay. I could however at least dream about owning a Raven. A Colt Government Model, or a Smith & Wesson Model 19...HA...they might as well have cost a million bucks. I couldn't even afford to dream about them.

Never did get a Raven.
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Does anyone remember that store in the L.A. area that had the HUGE sign panted on one entire side screaming (I think) Semi Auto .22 - $24.95 and Semi Auto .25 - $29.95... or something to that effect?

I don't recall if they were Ravens, Jennings or Lorcin but it always kinda cracked me up, though, sentiments like the ones above put the little pistol in a different and sympathetic light.

Todd.
 
I shot a .25ACP Raven a few years ago. I expected it to be a total piece of junk but it actually had a recent trigger, grouped very well, and was reliable for the short time I was shooting it.

I did have to seriously watch my grip to avoid slide bite, though.
 
I'll get right on that but just now I'm busy trying to find and extended / threaded barrel and a way to side mount a rail.
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Ahhh.....the threads are on my Beretta 21A....with an adapted 15-round 950b magazine. :)

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I had my mind made up a couple of years back I was going to get one "just to have", and I was interested in the caliber as well. Only one I came across was at a gun show, and the guy wanted $100 for it.

I put it out of my mind, but really liked the two Bauers I saw that day. One was $275; the other $475. I didn't know anything about them, and didn't bite. Bought a Bulgarian Makarov at that show instead.

Couple of months later, I stumbled across a Taurus PT-25 for a good price, and picked it up. That satisfied the caliber curiosity, I thought. Less than three weeks later, I found a Bauer in a pawn shop (while looking for a .45 at that!) for a real good price, and got that as well.

Now, for some reason, I'd like a Raven. Why is that..?
 
MedWheeler said:
I had my mind made up a couple of years back I was going to get one "just to have", and I was interested in the caliber as well. Only one I came across was at a gun show, and the guy wanted $100 for it.

I put it out of my mind, but really liked the two Bauers I saw that day. One was $275; the other $475. I didn't know anything about them, and didn't bite. Bought a Bulgarian Makarov at that show instead.

Couple of months later, I stumbled across a Taurus PT-25 for a good price, and picked it up. That satisfied the caliber curiosity, I thought. Less than three weeks later, I found a Bauer in a pawn shop (while looking for a .45 at that!) for a real good price, and got that as well.

Now, for some reason, I'd like a Raven. Why is that..?
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You weirdos are killin' me! A few posts and I'm feeling fortunate. Never saw that comin'. Maybe I'll turn into a micro-pistol geek. Too bad I sold all my Colts and Brownings... C'est la vie!

How 'bout one of you .25 odd-balls chiming in about the largest reliable and available .25 out there? Migh tbe I have a quest!

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My first gun was a Raven. It's nice to be able to own a gun when you need one, even when you're broke.
 
Well I never had a Raven. At one point I called this my "Raven Magnum"

Same family. A Davis 38 which is in .380 ACP. It is shown with the belt pouch I occasionally carried it in in places I thought I would almost certainly not need a gun. Almost certain anyway.

Folks always did expect me to have a name for a gun besides whatever it actually was so Raven Magnum seemed reasonable. Around some I called it my Davis PP like a Walther PP only instead of Police Pistol it stood for Pimp Piece. Though hard to tell in this shot it is chromed and those are "custom handmade grips" of the finest stained pine board scrap. A friend into Japanese Anime suggested I call it SYAI as it sounded vaguely Japanese and stood for Seven Yards And In.

The pack was "invisible" in the days when smoking in public places was only stupid rather than illegal. Inside the large zippered pouch lived the Davis PP and a spare magazine. Magazines held six shots. I carried with the gun cocked over an empty chamber. This required usually two hands on the gun to charge it, but if absolutely necessary and with no time limit I could charge it one handed using the same method I learned with the 1911A1 at 14. Cocking the firing pin and spring added greatly to the amount of force required to charge the thing. There were two external pockets, one zippered. Under the zipper went a cheap money clip and lunch money with enough to treat a new friend or maybe buy some inexpensive shiney bit that caught my attention. The outer un zippered pocket contained one of India's finest :rolleyes: lock blade folding knives and the rest of the disguise either a book of matches or a butane lighter. Ya' see, folks that did notice the pouch thought it was for my coffin nails and sometimes begged a light. If they begged a fag I told them I was sorry and fresh out.

The sights were three bright chrome pimples in the usual places, two to the rear and one out front. The safety was much like the ones on the Ravens and Jennings with the words "Safe" and "Fire" visable when appropriate.

I figured 12 shots of .380 FMJ ( Remember I had a spare mag?) with the Davis beat not being healed at all to pieces.....assuming I had plenty of time before someone got close enough for me to take a shot or six.

The various family members of that bunch made a .32 ACP model as well. The family had everyone covered with the .25 Raven, .22LR Jennings, Davis .32 and Davis 38. This was of course before HiPoint came along and up gunned every one:) But the Ring of fire guns were a little more discrete.

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kBob said:
Well I never had a Raven. At one point I called this my "Raven Magnum"

Same family. A Davis 38 which is in .380 ACP. It is shown with the belt pouch I occasionally carried it in in places I thought I would almost certainly not need a gun. Almost certain anyway.

Folks always did expect me to have a name for a gun besides whatever it actually was so Raven Magnum seemed reasonable. Around some I called it my Davis PP like a Walther PP only instead of Police Pistol it stood for Pimp Piece. Though hard to tell in this shot it is chromed and those are "custom handmade grips" of the finest stained pine board scrap. A friend into Japanese Anime suggested I call it SYAI as it sounded vaguely Japanese and stood for Seven Yards And In.

The pack was "invisible" in the days when smoking in public places was only stupid rather than illegal. Inside the large zippered pouch lived the Davis PP and a spare magazine. Magazines held six shots. I carried with the gun cocked over an empty chamber. This required usually two hands on the gun to charge it, but if absolutely necessary and with no time limit I could charge it one handed using the same method I learned with the 1911A1 at 14. Cocking the firing pin and spring added greatly to the amount of force required to charge the thing. There were two external pockets, one zippered. Under the zipper went a cheap money clip and lunch money with enough to treat a new friend or maybe buy some inexpensive shiney bit that caught my attention. The outer un zippered pocket contained one of India's finest :rolleyes: lock blade folding knives and the rest of the disguise either a book of matches or a butane lighter. Ya' see, folks that did notice the pouch thought it was for my coffin nails and sometimes begged a light. If they begged a fag I told them I was sorry and fresh out.

The sights were three bright chrome pimples in the usual places, two to the rear and one out front. The safety was much like the ones on the Ravens and Jennings with the words "Safe" and "Fire" visable when appropriate.

I figured 12 shots of .380 FMJ ( Remember I had a spare mag?) with the Davis beat not being healed at all to pieces.....assuming I had plenty of time before someone got close enough for me to take a shot or six.

The various family members of that bunch made a .32 ACP model as well. The family had everyone covered with the .25 Raven, .22LR Jennings, Davis .32 and Davis 38. This was of course before HiPoint came along and up gunned every one:) But the Ring of fire guns were a little more discrete.

-kBob
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For the smaller zamak guns in moderate calibers like .380 you give up durability. I've seen more than a small share of cracked slides and frames on Davis and Bryco guns chambered in .380 wheras the massive Hi Point holds up pretty well.
 
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I had one when I was young and in the service. As a newlywed Navy guy, with an apartment and young wife to support in Mayport Florida, and my modest gun collection at my parents house back in California, I got mine for home protection in 1979. I think I paid about the same for mine as you did!
 
I worked on a lot of those guns and reached the conclusion that the designs were pretty good. Made by competent people of good material, they would be good and reliable guns. Of course they wouldn't be cheap, which is the only reason they sell.

Jim
 
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