I was a big user of .25 acp many years, just down to one freaky French one now because it is weird. The little Astra's are accurate and tend to be reliable. By far the most reliable are the Colt 1908 like yours. Yes they are portly. They are also safer Imho than the rest for loaded chamber carry, except maybe the Beretta 20/21 da series which I carried the longest. I've had them all, the baby Browning light weight is 7 .oz unloaded. The V B baby is a little smaller but not as reliable and it's all steel. I put the bottom floor on self defense weapons as .32 acp for last 15 years and sold off a 9 or ten .25s.
There is probably quite a bit of truth to that statement. Back in my working days I would stop in at a certain LGS that had a coke machine with cheap prices. There was a state cop that frequently did the same thing. One afternoon 25 acp pistols came up in conversation and he told the story of transporting a guy to the hospital three separate times that had been shot with a 25 acp. He also said it was the same gun each time and allowed that if the shooter wanted to finish things she should get a bigger gun.
