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Very nice! Planning to shoot it? 25 ACP I am assuming. Enjoy.
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The .25acp Colt is a very well made and exceptionally high quality pistol! So are it's larger brothers, the .32acp and the .380 acp M series pocket pistols. They never seem to jam, fail or not eject and while the caliber (.25acp) leaves a lot to be desired, when you need the smallest most reliable deep concealment piece, it will fit the bill. It's also just a damned cool gun! What is a bonus is that even with it's almost non existent sights, it is very accurate!
Neat little .25 auto. Striker fired means .25 only as I am not aware of any striker fired mini autos in .22 caliber. I have a few striker fired Beretta .25s but I wouldn't carry one for SD. Fun plinkers. The .25 is effective for close up SD but if my life is on the line I want the reliability of a hammer, coil mainspring and firing pin. Others will differ of course but a weak small striker spring could cost you dearly in an emergency.
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The Berdardelli 'Baby Model' Vest Pocket pistol was striker fired.
It was available in .22Short & .22 Long (not LR though)
The Bernardelli Vest Pocket pistol (cal 25acp)
made about the same time as the Baby Model.
Very small pistols about like the Walther Mod 9.
When discontiued,
They made a Model 68, but was banned from import to the USA because of the GCA68. Bad timing.
Cal 25acp and .22Long
Nearly the identicle pistol as the earler 'Vest Pocket' model they had discontinued but this one available in both calibers.
Cute little buggers the Vest Pocket pistols. But the disconnector had a habit of falling free of the frame when the pistol was TD'd and slide removed.
Not a good thing.
I made a couple of disconnectors from scratch for them and not knowing what their shape was exactly on the first one. I kept a small diagram of that one and was the only reason I went ahead and repaired the second pistol.
They have a tendency to misfire. The mainspring is so small, it has to be just the right size,dia, length, etc. Many have a substitute spring in place. The pistol works, it goes click when manually operated. But many times the spring isn't powerful enough to fire the rounds (25acp) reliably.
You can only get things down so small before the springs start to get unreliable for the job they need to do.
That was a problem in CSMCo's little double rifle in .22RF cal as well built on a AH Fox style frame and action.
The orig hand made piece was a bit smaller than the production pieces. Everything was OK except the ejectors didn't work reliably. The springs (coil) weren't doing the job reliably. So the entire rifle size/scale was increased a very small amt for production.
It was available in .22Short & .22 Long (not LR though)
The Bernardelli Vest Pocket pistol (cal 25acp)
made about the same time as the Baby Model.
Very small pistols about like the Walther Mod 9.
When discontiued,
They made a Model 68, but was banned from import to the USA because of the GCA68. Bad timing.
Cal 25acp and .22Long
Nearly the identicle pistol as the earler 'Vest Pocket' model they had discontinued but this one available in both calibers.
Cute little buggers the Vest Pocket pistols. But the disconnector had a habit of falling free of the frame when the pistol was TD'd and slide removed.
Not a good thing.
I made a couple of disconnectors from scratch for them and not knowing what their shape was exactly on the first one. I kept a small diagram of that one and was the only reason I went ahead and repaired the second pistol.
They have a tendency to misfire. The mainspring is so small, it has to be just the right size,dia, length, etc. Many have a substitute spring in place. The pistol works, it goes click when manually operated. But many times the spring isn't powerful enough to fire the rounds (25acp) reliably.
You can only get things down so small before the springs start to get unreliable for the job they need to do.
That was a problem in CSMCo's little double rifle in .22RF cal as well built on a AH Fox style frame and action.
The orig hand made piece was a bit smaller than the production pieces. Everything was OK except the ejectors didn't work reliably. The springs (coil) weren't doing the job reliably. So the entire rifle size/scale was increased a very small amt for production.
I had a Berdardelli .25 ACP Vest Pocket model many years ago. Yes the design was very similar to the Walther model 9. Had a rather unique take down process. A very small thin little auto very easy to carry in a jeans pocket. I only fired a few rounds through it and it worked but I never really trusted it. When a friend fell in love with it and begged me to sell it to him I complied and never looked back. Stack up is critical with these small striker fired autos. The striker, spring and the spring guide they usually have. Parts are small and easily lost. Sometimes the spring or guide is replaced with one overly long and the small base on the frame like the Colts have can be bent or broken off on the first shot. Fun plinkers but small coil springs that are 100 yrs old don't get stronger with age.
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So I put a new set of Wolff springs in the little Colt (the recoil spring was missing both flat coils on the ends of the spring, the firing pin spring seemed ok, but I put a new one in anyway), lubed the frame rails and changed the safety plunger spring. Put on a set of laminated wood grips so I can keep the originals safe.
Putting the gun back together with new springs was a little hard as there is no take down stop on these guns. Got my wife to help turn the barrel while I held the slide with two hands.
Was hoping to get to the range Monday, but tropical storm Debbie might not let me.
Putting the gun back together with new springs was a little hard as there is no take down stop on these guns. Got my wife to help turn the barrel while I held the slide with two hands.
Was hoping to get to the range Monday, but tropical storm Debbie might not let me.
The little .25's are addicting. I had to have one to match up with it's big brother, a little different flavor, Browning.
With the magazine removed and trigger pulled to relieve spring tension the safety can be rotated forward to engage a notch on the slide to hold it while the barrel is rotated to be removed for take down. Make sure your new firing pin spring is no longer than the original when compressed.
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