Carl N. Brown
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Remember when you are talking about .25 you are talking about half of .50
Some years ago I had the opportunity to buy an S&W revolver put together by Hamilton Bowen for the .25 Auto. It's hard to imagine a sillier thing, but any gun from Bowen is going to be very good, and the price was obscenely low for a full-blown custom - something like $750 if I recall correctly. I don't remember my excuse for not buying it, but I do still regret it.
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Remember when you are talking about .25 you are talking about half of .50
That's some messed up math right there.
John Browning designed for gentlemen to carry. History says 25% of people shot by it are incapacitated. Interesting stat.
Two .25's = .50.
"I have two twenty-fives, one for each of ya."
Accurate quote from a popular film.
Here’s the statistics from a study I found..I'll bite. What history are you claiming here?
I suspect but do not know for sure that Sauer manufactured these for Hawes. However I've never found any other connection to Hawes than Sauer. This particular model was imported by about six importers total.usp9
Your Hawes' .25 is rather interesting. I don't believe I have ever come across this particular .25 before. Do you know if it was made by J.P. Sauer and Sons in West Germany? One of my first single action revolvers, a Deputy Marshall, was also made by Sauer and imported by Hawes.
I suspect but do not know for sure that Sauer manufactured these for Hawes. However I've never found any other connection to Hawes than Sauer. This particular model was imported by about six importers total.
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The .25 ACP is essentially the centerfire answer to the .22 in terms of reliability. ...
Here’s the statistics from a study I found..
25ACP
# of people shot - 68
# of hits - 150
% of hits that were fatal - 25%
Average number of rounds until incapacitation - 2.2
% of people who were not incapacitated - 35%
One-shot-stop % - 30%
Accuracy (head and torso hits) - 62%
% actually incapacitated by one shot (torso or head hit) - 49%
I wasn't clear. Source for your data?
He's citing the study done by Greg Ellifritz.
...The author fully admits its small samples, incomplete, and that it doesn't all make sense...