.25 Auto: Worth the trouble?

[David4516]

cheygriz,

I also tried the 50 gr FMJs, and also couldn't get my measure to reliable measure that small a charge. So I don't plan to use the 50 gr bullets again, it took forever measuring each charge by hand...

My measure will work with the 1.7 gr charge of bullseye, so I can turn them out alot faster... So I'll just stick with the 35 gr JHPs, even for plinking...

 

[Paul "Fitz" Jones]

25 auto Brass available

As a police rangemaster I collected many thousandsof .25auto brass which I tumble cleaned and heat seal packed hoping for good home for them someday.
JohnPaul

 

[Johnny Guest]

I noted the post - -

- - -by critter about his Bauer .25 pistol. When that pistol was first introduced, when? About 1971? -- I bought what was, I think, the third one to arrive in Fort Worth. I carried the little pistol in my hip pocket in a homemade leather folder holster and it was my Always Gun for many years.

I was a small town police officer and money was really short. After shooting up about two boxes, I bought a set of dies and some Remington 50 gr FMJ bullets. Yeah, something of a bother to assemble such small components, but it was well worthwhile for me. I was able to practice A LOT, and became pretty darn good, both at point shooting and in aimed fire. I opened up the little rear sight notch and found that I could hit a ping pong ball at 30 feet most of the time, using a center hold. When I missed, it was my fault, and not due to inaccuracy of the pistol or the ammo.

This was when .25ACP was just about all there was, if you wanted a really small handgun. The high quality miniature .22 revolvers were still in the future, as were the tiny .32s and .380s. I never had any illusions about the "power" of the cartridge/pistol combination, but worked on the theory of "ANY gun is better than NO gun."

Once upon a time, there was a noisy disagreement with a couple of robbers. When I had one still in the bushes and just five rounds left in my High Power, the little Bauer was kinda comforting . . . .


Johnny

 

[David4516]

Mr. Jones,

I might be interested in that brass of yours. How much do you want for it?