.25's are neat, a lot of old pocket pistols from a bygone era, when "gentlemen" carried expensive,engraved small autos so they wouldn't have to put an unsightly bulge in their fitted suit.

If you think .25 is anemic, I can't believe people actually carried .32 S&W short pocket revolvers "back in the day", I have a S&W double action .32 pocket revolver, and I doubt it would stop an angry house cat. I was shooting some old Remington ammo through it, at one of those polymer target backers with a paper target on it........I fired 3 shots, and heard something hit the wood outbuilding behind me and realized the bullets weren't even penetrating the polymer and were bouncing back......