25 ACP: Devastation waiting to happen

[AlHunt]

Trolling for some info on 25 ACP, I've discovered that it's a pretty devastating round. Apparently it has a 111 grain bullet traveling at 6,666 fps with a muzzle energy approaching 8,000 ft lbs!

Who knew??

Apparently it has a TARDIS case that's bigger on the inside than the outside because it appears to hold more than 30 grains of powder!

Probably ought to wear a glove when firing.

Re-Loading data and dimensions for .25 ACP (.25 Auto) calibre
(he has a disclaimer that there coud be some errors in the data)

(My Disclaimer: The above captioned website's info is totally wrong and you should not attempt to assemble ammo based on this information. Its just funny.)

 

[ContinentalOp]

Otherwise known as the "Noisy Cricket."

 

[29aholic]

Google hornady extreme ammo. For a 25 it's pretty impressive

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[Benton Quest]

If someone ever shoots me with a .25 acp, and I find out about it, I am going to be really pissed.

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[hyena]

Would that load be safe to shoot in my Raven?






Just kidding. I don't own a .25.

 

[OLDSTER]

Millions of bodies laying in the ground around the world would curse that little "pip-squeak".

 

[minconrevo]

My friend, the former USAF pilot evasion trainer, liked the .25ACP because pistols for it were tiny small and could be hidden easily. He preferred the .25ACP over the .22 rimfires because they could be counted on to ALWAYS go bang. The .25ACP bullet(s) in the right place would cause a world of harm.

He preferred the Colt Vest Pocket or the Browning for dependability.

 

[ameridaddy]

Say what you want about his load data, he's recorded 88 TKO's, which count just as much as a knockout. I guess they were incapacitated from paroxysms of laughter.

 

[AlHunt]

My concern is for the shooter. With 8,000 ft lbs of muzzle energy, I'm afraid it's going to blow the shooter back like Wile E. Coyote.

 

[mikerjf]

And 6,666 fps... I wonder if that was with a 1.5" or 2" barrel?

 

[30-30remchester]

While not the preferred round for stopping 2 legged advisories, me must remember a Russian named Vasily Blokin. He was known as Stalin's executioner. He used a Walther model 2 in 25 ACP to personally kill over 10,000 "enemies" of the Soviet state. Setting a goal of killing 300 a day, he reduced the number to 250 because the hand fatigue from shooting so many times a day.

 

[Sistema1927]

44,444 C.U.P. or 55,555 P.S.I.

More dangerous to the shooter than anyone else.

 

[pharmer]

If someone ever shoots me with a .25 acp, and I find out about it, I am going to be really pissed.

Google up "Vasily Blokhin" and then report back about the .25. Joe

 

[sigp220.45]

I knew two cops killed 23 hours apart, each with one round of .25 ACP to the chest. First was a SWAT guy, shot just over his vest. The other guy was new and was saving up to buy a vest.

 

[drgbike]

Laugh you will but I had an Aunt who killed her husband, 300lbs 6 foot 4inch, distance about 25 feet. I am not going to stand in front of one! Accidental of course....

 

[Grayfox]

The .25acp is meant to be used at bad breath distance. If it comes to it, stick the gun in the BGs face and pull the trigger several times.
I happen to be quite fond of mouse guns. For many years my PSP-25 has been my gun for the times when I can't carry a gun.

There's a .22 and a .32 in this pic, but all the rest are .25acp.

 

[BC38]

Where does one find such ridiculous stuff?

I have a box of the Hornady XTP ammo. My only issue with it is that it is only 35gr, which at 900 fps gives 63ft-lbs muzzle energy. In addition to being light, the bullet is an HP so it isn't going to penetrate worth squat. It will hurt like hell, and probably cause a significant wound channel and corresponding heavy bleeding with a center mass shot, but it isn't going to get to the vitals.

I'd rather go with a 50gr round nose, which at 750 fps gives the same ME but better penetration. Since your best bet for self defense with a 25ACP is going to be firing at your assailant's head at close range, it seems to me that the heavier bullet would have a lot better chance of penetrating. If it were a flat-nosed with a sharp edge to the meplat it seems like that would be even better.

 

[gwpercle]

Don't believe everything you read on the interweb .

I'm no MIT graduate... but them numbers are telling lies .
Gary

 

[Sistema1927]

Those are just fake numbers, look at them, they go from 1 to 8 and some random repetitions. It's likely just semi-random garbage/placeholder that the author quickly typed in:

111
2222
33.3
33.4
44,444
55,555
6666
7777
88

Probably some graphic ginned up for a video game.

 

[Hapworth]

My concern is for the shooter. With 8,000 ft lbs of muzzle energy, I'm afraid it's going to blow the shooter back like Wile E. Coyote.

The definition of "knockdown power".