25 ACP reloading blues

[FergusonTO35]

If I found a pearl grips Bauer in good shape I would buy it for the wife.

[WRideout]

Here is my setup; Armi Galesi with homemade grips, and also homemade loading block. Cast boolits, of course.



I really like the little Galesi, but I have read elsewhere that they commonly have a problem with non-functional safety, which is true of mine. It hasn't been a big problem since I only shoot it at the range. A bigger problem for me is the lack of last round slide lock, but I just choose to live with that.

BTW: legally one may only use a discarded coffee cup for dipping powder charges.
Wayne

[rintinglen]

If I found a pearl grips Bauer in good shape I would buy it for the wife.

Save your money for a Baby Browning: the Bauer copies were very problematic. Back in 1979, the Gun shop I was working at quit carrying them due to the high return rate and poor customer service. My own example was not reliable and kept losing the trigger. The early guns with the black plastic grips were particularly suspect, though I am told that the faux pearl handled ones made later were better.

The name later changed to Fraser Arms. There's a lot of info floating around on the internet, but I take much of it with a grain of salt. Much of it boils down to "Mine-worked-great-in-the-half-box-of-shooting-I-did-with-it." The later PSA guns aren't bad, so I am told, but I have no hands on with them. They are darned expensive for a vest pocket, 25 ACP pistol.

[FergusonTO35]

Thanks, I appreciate the info. The PSA's are reportedly as good as FN and in fact FN considers them to be the current OEM for the Baby Browning.

[35remington]

Dang. The Baby makes everything look huge, even the original LCP. A one and a half finger grip below the trigger guard will do that.

[FergusonTO35]

Strangely, I can shoot a tiny handgun as good or better than a fullsize even though I have large hands. I guess it makes sense, given I practice with my CCW guns more than the range guns.