A new Mouse on the way//More Mice

glenncal1 · Aug 21, 2024

I have a 1973 Colt Automatic .25 that is in very nice condition and shoots great. So I thought about getting a shooter grade Junior Colt to shove in the pocket for walks to the mailbox etc. and build up my Mouse Gun Collection. I found this combo with the .22 short conversion kit at a somewhat reasonable price. A fair amount of blue wear on the .25 slide. I will decide after I get the gun on whether I do anything about it. Per Colt's web site the gun is either 1958 or 1959 (serial 14xxcc), proofhouse says 1960 and C1 is stamped so Astra says 1957. A mystery??

huthike · Aug 21, 2024

Mouse guns are the best. I’ll bet that 22 short conversion will be fun.

JohnRippert · Aug 21, 2024

IIRC, the Colt Junior is a rebranded Astra Cub. I have one of the Cubs in .22 Short and it is a hoot to shoot. More accurate than you would think as well. Enjoy your Junior.

Abbynormal · Aug 26, 2024

Mine has walnut grips with the usual rampant Colt inlay.

H Richard · Aug 27, 2024

I just love the little pocket pistols. The.25 is my favorite as it is reliable with any brand ammo, the .22's I have had were finicky and usually required high velocity ammo to work.
My Baby Browning.

glenncal1 · Aug 27, 2024

These two are waiting at the FFL for me to pick up (gotta stop wandering the web):

Norton TP-70

Mauser 1914 .32 (don't know if you can really call this a mouse gun)

TJm15.38 · Aug 27, 2024

These are my "Mouse Guns."

A Kel-Tec P32 and Glock 42.

glenwolde · Aug 27, 2024

I've always had the bizarre desire to reload the .25 ACP. But I've never acquired a pistol for it. Maybe that's a good thing.

H Richard · Aug 27, 2024

I have enough challenge loading .380's, I'd need a big tweezers to hold .25 cases.

glenwolde · Aug 27, 2024

H Richard said:
I have enough challenge loading .380's, I'd need a big tweezers to hold .25 cases.

You might need a push-through .25 ACP sizing die. It would seem the shell holder would cover more than half the case!

alwslate · Aug 28, 2024

glenwolde said:
You might need a push-through .25 ACP sizing die. It would seem the shell holder would cover more than half the case!

A push through sizing die would not work with the .25 ACP because the case is semi rimmed, not rimless like the .45 ACP.

Grayfox · Aug 30, 2024

I'm quite fond of mouse guns.

I had a Colt Jr in .22 short many years ago. I wish I had kept it.

But I have bought a few others since.

My favorite is my PSP-25 (now called PSA). Its a copy of the Browning Baby and I truly believe its a better gun.

glenncal1 · Aug 30, 2024

GF- the guy who owns PSA is very nice and responded to a question I had about my Bauer (needed a magazine spring) and he supplied me the spring.

I finally picked up the Colt and the Conversion Kit today, both needed a lot of elbow grease to get clean and lubed. The Kit had 4 or 5 .22 shorts in the magazine, don't know how old they were but let's just say the brass was no longer shiny

OLDSTER · Sep 26, 2024

I own these 2 .25acp pocket mice. German Ortgies, and Seecamp.

BB57 · Sep 26, 2024

I have a few mouse guns in .22LR, .22 Short, .25 ACP, and a .32 ACP.

glenncal1 · Sep 29, 2024

Picked this one up yesterday: 1968 Junior Colt in .22short. Paid a little too much but finding the Colt's in .22s for reasonable money is hard. Gun is in good/very good shooter condition. To the range tomorrow.

jimmyj · Sep 29, 2024

My first "Backup" was a Baby Browning .25acp. I carried it in my handcuff case

ISCS Yoda · Sep 29, 2024

I have always been fond of mouse guns. I carried a Beretta 950BS/.25 ACP for years and years and I still occasionally pop it into my pocket.

I had a Walther Model 1 in .25 ACP but I sold it to a Walther collector decades ago. It came to me with a CZ DUO in .25 ACP (made in German occupied Czechoslovakia). For years it was my Florida gun because I left it at my mother's home.

The photo shows the Beretta and the CZ Duo and a simply gorgeous PSA Baby Browning replica, my second or third of those, none of which functioned well so I disposed of them. Sad, too, because PSA (Precision Small Arms as noted above) guns were stunning.

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And then there is my Seecamp .32 ACP that I fired so long ago I barely recall doing it but it needs range time because I always think about carrying it.

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And then there are my derringers and NAA Mini-revolver (it's so cute sitting in its velvet box like a piece of jewelry). The Mini is just too hard to shoot and so is the Remington .41 caliber derringer (which might be worth so much money that I might sell it).

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The black one is unfired NIB but the white one has been carried in that concealment holster for years (NFA AOW tax stamped) in the pocket of my robe.

jsfricks · Oct 1, 2024

glenncal1 said:
These two are waiting at the FFL for me to pick up (gotta stop wandering the web):

Norton TP-70

Mauser 1914 .32 (don't know if you can really call this a mouse gun)

My wife’s uncle has a nice little Mauser like that one. His dad brought it home from WWII.He says he’ll sell it to me one day when he’s ready. He did sell me his o1916 DMC German Luger with all matching numbers. He bought it a his towns pawnshop after looking at it everyday after school.Finally his dad went with him and signed the paperwork for him. Cost him$25. They also had an Artillery model with the long barrel.I guess I need to ask him about the Mauser again so he doesn’t forget. He’s getting up in age.

David Sinko · Oct 1, 2024

The .25 ACP is a fine candidate for reloading. At 1.5 grs. of powder a pop, I will not be experiencing a powder shortage any time soon. No bullets available? A squashed pellet of buckshot works just fine. Save the hard jacketed bullets (the ones that actually DO penetrate) for serious use. I don't recall ever wearing out a piece of brass. A win/win scenario!

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