200 dollars for a bauer is a steal of a price! I personally own a mint condition bauer in it's original box with the factory paperwork. I would not let mine go for a penny less than 400 bucks and would regret selling it even at that price. They are great little high quality stainless .25's and continue to appreciate in value as they get harder to find. At 200 dollars I would have snatched that gun up in the amount of time it took to pull the wallet out of my pocket. Congrats on finding it!

I inherited one of these from my uncle who sold tooling to the machine shop that made these. They gave him one as a gift and I now have it

It's so hard to believe that a company that produces such a nice, useful firearm could go out of business.

I own one,I never leave home without it and out of 250 rounds it has never failed it has very good accuracy.

Got a little beretta Jetfire in the same caliber. Some 80 year old lady sold it to my local ffl. I bought it cheap, 250. Have ammo for it but have not shot it yet.

4:23 you're welcome.

Great video! Love your pocket pistol collection. You got it at a great price. You definitely need to keep making these videos, there's not many out there who love collecting 25s and you're doing a phenomenal job! Keep them coming

I am an old fart and when my grandmother passed I was given a box by my Aunt and it had a a nib FN baby browning not something I would ever use back then I carried a 1911 but I kept it because it was my grandma’s and I am glad I did!

My father in law bought one for my mother in law back in the 70’s. I now have it and i carried it today.

Gun collectors are always taking about the gun they passed by almost like a dude talking about the girl who got away LOL. Love it 😄

Kool video. I purchased a mint condition Bauer Fraser 25 for $50 back in 1987 from my friends mother. She just wanted it gone so I was more than happy to oblige,lol. It did have to be broke in a bit but now runs 100%. I have always liked quality 25autos probably because the 1st pistol I ever fired was a Walther #9.

Fraser Michigan is about a 10min drive from me. 👍🏻😁

Bought one at pawnshop for $100, shot it, golly there small. Used it to trade up, shop owner pocketed it, he had never seen one, said it's cool value was worth it. Had a good time with it. Nice guns. Thanks for the review

That’s a good high quality pistol!

Love the shine.

A Bauer .25 ACP in good shape will easily sell for $300. I'd buy it. Mine is _sch-weet!_ ; )

Update Christmas Eve, 2023. For years later, I'm very happy for you.

Just picked mine up today (12/31/19)! One guy at the shop saw it and asked if it was a cigarette lighter or a gun! Had to laugh! Will have to get it to the range soon

Started the purchase process for mine. The dealer states it is new (hard to believe) and it comes w all papers and box and imitation pearl grips. Looks real nice. Can't wait to get it and take it to the range.

I’m on the hunt for one. Nice find/buy.

found one a week ago at a local gun shop for $200.00. Excellent condition with the wood grips exactly like the subject of this video. Passed on it because I already have a .25 acp pistol which has been relegated to the gun cabinet because I replaced it with a Ruger LCP .380 as my carry piece. However I have always liked the Bauer .25 acp; after watching this video I may check and see if the Bauer is still at the dealer.

Beautiful handgun. Anemic round. 😉

I’ve Got The Original “Baby Browning” It’s a Top Notch Pocket Pistol 🔫 I Love ❤️ Mine and Will Never Sell It Bought it at a Pawn Shop 125.00 It’s in 90% Condition and Runs Flawlessly 😀😊👍🏼😇👍🏼

Mines got 'Pearl' handles. Dad got it 35ish yrs ago. It's my Gas Pump gun.

Got one, great gun

Nice looking gun. I seriously thought about getting one of these but opted for the Seecamp in .32 acp

I was given a FIA labeled as a model called "THE BEST". It's another knockoff of the Baby Browning .25. It has nice pearl handles on it and they're thick which helps fit my biggers hands better. It's not a great quality copy of the Browning in fact the barrel would not come out at all so I'm guessing it has never been broken down since it was made. I carefully used some channel lock pliars with some leather padding around the barrel to protect it from being damaged. I really had to twist hard on it. Close inspection showed that the three grooves in the body as well as the teeth (threads) on the barrel were never deburred. Some careful work with a very small file took care of it. Of course your Bauer is a much higher quality made piece. You did well.

I bought a bauer at a gunshow a few weeks back, paid $220. It's mint condition with the pearl grips.

You got lucky. I bought my Bauer .25 brand new, the day after my 21st birthday (gun store was closed on Monday, GRRR) in 1977. I was a college student, and paid $100 for it. It was a Jam-O-Matic from DAY 1. It took me until June 2018 to figure out what the problem was. The Bauer firing pin is NOT identical to the original Browning Baby (got one of those too). The Browning part is machined differently; the Bauer firing pin often slides right over the sear on the forward stroke, causing the firing pin to protrude and trap the fresh cartridge as it is being stripped from the magazine. Replacing the firing pin with an original Browning pin solved this problem. In the forty years in between, I spent money gunsmithing, had the ramp polished, the barrel throat ground and polished, tried every imaginable new magazine, new ammo, HANDLOADS, you name it. It wasn't until I had mined completely to the very bottom of the internet that I found a single post describing this problem. I used my cell phone camera to verify this, because I don't care to look down the barrel of a jammed pistol, and sure enough, that was the problem, and replacing the firing pin with a Browning, machined differently, was the solution. A VERY sad side story, and a motivator for me, was that in June 2018, prior to me figuring things out the root cause, I was trying to clear a jam, and caused a negligent discharge, resulting in my poor dog taking a round that entered his upper right shoulder, and exiting his right armpit. God smiled on me and my dog that day, as the bullet completely missed bone, arteries, and nerves. Three days and three thousand dollars later, my dog was up and running (yes, RUNNING) around, while I will never be the same. Over four decades of safe gun handling vanished. Just like that. I wish I could have hit myself instead of my poor dog. I was fortunate to know where an emergency pet hospital was in my neighborhood. I was even more fortunate that no one called the police on me, and that my wife didn't leave me. DO NOT DO LIKE I DID, guys! DON'T try to clear a jam with your dog, or any other sentient being, at the wrong end of the muzzle. The thought of what MIGHT have been will haunt me to the end of my days, justifiably. Anyway, after 40+ years, I fixed this darned little gun. Good luck with yours!

I am praying that someday a company will reproduce .25 colt vest pockets to the original specs and at an affordable price. I dropped $1,400 for a repro .32 pocket hammerless and got my hands on a 1908 .380 pocket hammerless in great condition. But i cant find any decent .25’s to round out the arkham horror collection.

Can you put an extended clip?

Would you say this is better than the 1900 25. Acps’ such as the FN and Colt?

Bauer Power! LOL I love mine.

So the ones that came in the soft case in the larger box were the ones that were made at the tail end of the companies history.

I have a Bauer. 25 I have been told this gun is not safe to carry with round chambered even with safety on do you have info about this.

50 rounds without complications.. that’s longevity🔥

200.00 is a great price,here in Michigan you won't find them that cheap!

Would you tell us the measurements of the Bauer pocket pistol? You already stated a few measurements. I'd like to know the complete dimensions of your Bauer .25 ACP.

Opt for the mag/frame extension by PSA. No more slide bite. 👍🏼

I have one had it for about fifty years then in these times someone said I needed a bigger gun so I went 40 Cal S&W 18 rounds but still have my Bauer 25 mine has pearl handles

You mentioned that you previously owned a PSA .25 and it was a “jam o matic” as you put it. As per the owner of PSA, if you run anything other than 50 grain through it the gun will warp and forever fail to shoot reliably. I was able to purchase an apparently unfired Bauer (seller made a convincing claim & it shows no evidence of firing) Bauer for $500.

Very nice, I got my eyes on one now and hope to get it for what you paid for yours

Do you trust carrying it condition one?

I would love a video with all of these small pocket pistol models side by side with size comparisons and also comparisons on how they work. Have seen many that work identical to each other. Many are direct copies of the Baby Browning... but there are also many hammer fired copies (that are the same) and many hammer fired one's that are a little different from the rest... and also some striker fired versions that are also unique (like the Bernardelli for example).

I just bought one for $100. What is a good ammo for it?

Reminds me of the late 1969s adventure western television series, "The Wild, Wild, West", starring Robert Conrad as James West, special agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, answerable only to the very highest men in the President Grant administration. West had a loyal partner, played by Martin Ross. Ross was the intelligent, scientific talented complement to James West, but could also brawl as well. James West and Martin Ross were America's equivalent of a late 19th century James Bond mixed with Ross as kind of a mix between Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. James West would go into the field well armed with two, .44 or .45 caliber revolvers strapped on each hip and he was a crack shot with both. But often, it was not convenient or feasible for West to openly carry holstered sidearms. That is when James West relied on two pocket pistols, both were derringers. West often resorted to his derringers as much, if not more than his main sidearms. His main derringer came concealed in his right jacket sleeve, being ejected into the palm of his hand by a strong leaf spring. His secondary derringer came concealed in his boot heel. The derringer lie in two pieces. West would have to join the barrels to the handle to use the derringer. I don't know what caliber the two derringers were, probably at least .36 caliber. While West often used the derringers as last-resort, emergency personal defense to off the bad guys, West often used his derringer to shoot things like steel arrow heads connected to wire that West used to hoist himself up when needed. The semi-automatic pocket pistols did not exist in 1877-1881. If one wanted a defensive pocket pistol, the most popular was the two-barrel Derringer. After that a plethora of single-barrel and multi-barrel small pistols were available on the civilian market for those who weren't so much into guns but desired some kind of defensive pocket pistol for protection. There did exist five and six round revolvers with cut-down barrels to 2" to 3" inches for pocket carry although pocket-size is not what these revolvers were. After all, in 1877, it was still, "The Wild, Wild, West"!

Nice buy.

I have. Beretta Model 21 in both 22lr and 25. They are fun to shoot, but I would not use them for self defense. My Sig 238 in 380 acp is as smaller as I would go for a carry gun.

The gun ever continue to be reliable? Have seen some people with these that have fired 1000s of rounds through them with very few jams or problems. Ever check out the Bernardelli .25 (or also .22short and .22 long). It's actually a fair bit smaller too. The Walther Model 9 is the smallest one I've ever seen and is noticeably smaller than even the Bernardelli... and it's also supposed to be an extremely reliable firearm also. It's just hard to believe that could make a firearm so small, even in .25acp... and especially to make a reliable one is no easy task. They do exist though.

$225 ..still a fantastic deal ..

About 15 years ago I picked up one of these for my mom I paid $60 in original box two magazines stainless with the pearl looking grips and then not 5 years later I come across another of the exact same I traded an old bolt action for

1000FPS .... what ammo did you crono from? The fastest .25 acp I have seen is below 800fps. I carry the Beretta 950 BS as a backup and would and do trust it to do what I need it to do, but make no mistake, I don’t think there is a .25acp round out there “for sale” doing 1000fps. Just saying

I would have bought it

It's so cute! 😂

I purchased a psp-25 looks just like things in 2021 these things ARE NOT CHEAP. Also i read that PSP-25 is the identical baby copy pretty much the US version of the colt

My grandpa left me his guns and one of these were in there brand new in the box, I borought to a shop they told me he’d give me 100$ for it. Idk sold it. They were only that price or less in the 80’s

1000 fps ???? Lol, that is halarious! I think you need a chronograph. Nice gun though. You got lucky finding that.

52,300 units later . (061840*). . mine was MFGD. pearl grips) someone etched 10-XX- 81 on the mag. (fwiw wiki has this gun pictured with SN 140707

Where can I find a magazine for 1 Bauer 25 automatic 6 shot?

Just got one for a single Benjamin and 35 for shipping...

To cute 😘

Try to buy a baby browning mag. For some reason the mags are a weak point. I've owned two.one flawless with the BAUER engraved carry bag. The bag you have doesn't have the Bauer logo...I don't think,it looks generic. The other thing is to use copper based lubricant on slide/frame contact to prevent binding.

I want one!

The reason for high prices is these .25 ACP pocket pistols is that none are manufactured anymore in the U.S. If a reputable gun manufacturer began manufacturing .25 ACP pocket pistols again there would be a big market for it. Seecamp Co. is going to reintroduce its .25 ACP LW Seecamp in 2023. But the price is going to be high, around $545. The days of cheap pocket pistols is long gone. Again it would take a reputable manufacturer to begin making good quality .25 ACP pocket pistols at reasonable price.

I cant get mine to finish a mag without a problem

Mine fell a part don’t know if to fix it or throw it away. I’ll save the 3 magazine funny I just had purchased 500 rounds it broke when I shot about 40+ rounds.

$25.00 more !!! jezz that must have hurt !?!

I also hav one

I saw to buars for sale in my local Texas gunshop for 500$

I also purchased a Bauer for my wife I paid $200 for it it also needed a good cleaning he carried it for about four or five years and then lost it fully loaded needless to say I did not buy her another gun I think everybody should understand why let me know your comments

Bauer is a German name. It translates to Farmer.

Read more: www.ammoland.com/2017/11/power-25-acp-thin-line-inadequacy/#ixzz5zGGG2r28 Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Follow us: @Ammoland on Twitter | Ammoland on Facebook Fiocchi 35 grain XTP1029 fpsFiocchi 50 grain FMJ718 fpsHornady Custom 35 grain XTP911 fpsRemington 50 grain FMJ856 fpsSpeer Gold Dot 35 grain HP947 fps Here is a recent review of some .25 ammo that was tested. Many have said that 1000 feet per second from 25 acp is fiction. Here you go!

740fps with todays ammo. some european rounds did better. about 9 ounces . I have the fraser. good gun. megar makes baby browning mags. get another for you. you will want one.

My local pew pew house sells these at $950.00!!!

Yo lemme take this off ya hands sell this to me

You can buy one for 100 were I live

Won’t top a beretta jetfire !!!!!