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Well, today I got the chance to go out to my local range and shoot my colt .25 for the first time. I only fired 16 rounds out of it, due to a limited ammo supply and my wish to preserve the gun. Distance was 7 yards, 16 shots on same target. My first 2 shots were off paper as I was still trying to figure out how to hold such a tiny gun. my 5th and 9th shots overlapped, as did my 7th and 14th, which is why there are only 12 holes visible in the picture. Not bad for a pocket gun, especially of that age! Note:the ammo used was 50-grn Winchester that was at least 30 years old(The 50-rd box was marked $3.60!)

I did some funny looks at the range though The guy behind the counter offered me $400 for it on the spot! I declined

On a side note, I had my Savage 110 in .270 Win shot in at 100 yards after I mounted a new Bushnell scope on it.
-2 shots fired at 100 yards

needless to say, I'm pretty pleased with it, especially considering I only paid about $400 for the gun and scope.

The .25 ACP is quite the little popgun, ain't it? Accuracy with them is more "muscle memory," I think, than aiming.

Gotta love that .270. Which reminds me, I need to take mine out and recheck the zero on my scope... sounds like a great "excuse" to hit the range on Sunday afternoon!

T3hK1w1 not only is that thing just plain ugly it is an awful shooter. Where did you want me to meet you at so I can pick it up?

Not for sale atm I may be buying another gun in the near future, I have truly got the bug now.(B.U.G. pun? ) If so a writeup and range report will follow.

Pretty good accuracy for an "eyeball gun".

The sight radius is very short and the gun very hard to get a good grip on as you noted.

I'm glad you're happy with your new toy.

T3hK1w1 wrote:Well, today I got the chance to go out to my local range and shoot my colt .25 for the first time.
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Does it look something like this one ?

This is my FN .25ACP, brought home from WWII by my father and passed on to me. I think it's a copy of the Browning 1906 Vest Pocket Pistol.

I've not fired mine yet, but did buy a box of ammo and intend to get it out to the range one of these days. Like you, I intend to preserve it so I won't fire it very much.

See thread HERE for a recent post on this forum.

The Colt and baby Browning are siblings based off the same Browning design. The main difference is that the colt has a grip safety and the Browning doesn't. I think Colt made it that way to avoid patent issues. The Browning was made in Europe while the Colt was made here. There is a company here that still makes the baby Browning as a clone.

I shot mine last Saturday at 3 yards and 5 yards. Couldn't see the "sights" at all. But still shot about 5 inch groups at 5 yards. I tended to shoot just a little high. Out of 30 rounds I had one failure to feed because I limp wristed the prior shot. Great fun!!