Glock 25, .380 Auto - Somewhat Hard to Find

[NCBeagle]

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.

 

[Birdhunter6]

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

Let us know how it shoots.

 

[NCBeagle]

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.

 

[ColbyBruce]

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.

 

[gunbarrel]

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

 

[tomahawk223]

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.

 

[Rick H.]

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.

 

[Bullet Bob]

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.

 

[alwslate]

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.

 

[Warren Sear]

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.

 

[hardknocks]

Hmmmm

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.

 

[LVSteve]

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.