Another good deal from my friends at Carolina Sporting Arms in Charlotte, NC. I don't know, is it a good deal if they talk you into an impulse buy?

This is a Glock 25 in .380 Auto. Typically available only available outside the United States (Europe, South America, etc) The design lacked sufficient features to beat the import band. So, a distributor (Lipsey's or Talo?) had a run produced at Glock's Georgia factory. I understand that the limited run is finished.

It is similar in size and overall appearance to a Glock 19, 23, 32 but chambered in .380 Auto. It is blowback operation, as opposed to locked breech. The magazine has rear indentations (see photo) to accommodate the shorter round; however, I hear that Glock 9mm mags work with .380.

I have read about those, but was unaware of a US made batch.

Let us know how it shoots.

I'm not sure what I'll get around to shooting it. I imagine that it is very, very, little recoil. Probably an absolute blast to shoot. The thing is, 380 is fairly expensive around Charlotte. I bought this more as a curiosity. It's always tempting, for me at least, to buy something if I know it's going to be much harder to find going forward. I really really don't know what the hell I'm going to do with this thing. Just an impulse buy. I have Glock 19s and a Glock 32 in 9mm and .357 Sig, respectively. they are the same size so would probably not carry the less powerful 380.

These are not uncommon in my area, prices vary from $450.00 to $500.00. The Glock 25, 28, and P80 (Gen. 1 17 reproduction) aren’t that popular here though. The 9mm offers a wider variety of ammunition for less money. Gen. 1 “pebble” frames are slippery.

I would encourage you to buy a few more factory mags if you intend to keep that one.

I could be wrong, but I think I saw them at Bass Pro Shops for under $500.

watched a video on youtube and they said you can get a 25 slide and barrel and put them on a 19, they are available.

I have one for my wife and she loves the pistol especially after I did some required trigger work. I have shot the pistol myself and it is fun to shoot with little recoil, but it does have recoil obviously just not as much as a 9mm. The only problem with the pistol is obtaining .380 ammunition for it. .380 ammo costs more, but it's not like we put a ton of rounds thru the pistol so the cost is negligible. It is equal in accuracy to my other Glocks so no loss there. I doubt if Gaston was still alive and running the show you would have seen this pistol in the USA. I'm glad I bought it and it should become an oddity now that it is discontinued here. And a lot of parts from other Glock models fit this one.

Rick H.

In .380 I'm a Glock 42 man. It's small, but with a locked breech the recoil is pretty mild. I have large hands (a Beretta 92 could have a longer grip for me), but for whatever reason, it fits my hand. Sure it has a lot less rounds, but gang activity around here is low, so I'm not too concerned when out and about.

I liked it so much that after a year I bought a second one.

First time I have ever heard of the G25. Hard to see much of any advantage of a G19 sized .380 but to each their own. I am very fond of my little G42 as a near perfect gun for CC.

Glock 42 for me.

I cast my own bullets out of scrap lead and re-use the cases, so ammo cost for me is just powder and primer, same as any other caliber.

On gunbroker there are many selling with some sellers showing hundreds in stock.
Maybe hard to find locally. Is yours a special model?
I held one maybe 6 months back but glocks don't fit my hand.

The Glock 25 and 28 have a bizarre action. The barrel is not locked to the slide when the primer goes, making it a blowback gun, but the barrel tilts during recoil just like their locked breech guns. I suspect this action allows the design to use the same feed geometry and similar recoil springs to their 9x19 pistols.

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