The quality if this review is insane. You gave a lot of insight and wisdom. Such as when you commented on the grittiness of the slide and the snugness of the magazine well. Most reviewers cover the specs and that's mostly it.

Dad just gave my son this pistol. Brought out home to clean and oil. Liked what I saw and decided to check for info. Great info and thanks.

Thank you, I just inherited my dads, and his colt. Haven't fired either yet.

Enjoyed your thorough review, hope to obtain one soon myself!

I bought a Bauer about 6 years ago for $250.00 in very good shape. Unfortunately, I could never get the gun to fire more than 4 shots without jamming. I tried deep cleaning it, different mags from Browning and a new mag from PSA, with no better results. I tried every type of 25 ACP ammo I could find, and it still jammed so I sold it. It was such a beautifully finished gun that I tried everything I could to get it running, but it just could not be made reliable. I sold it after about a year, and I ended up adding a bunch more money and bought 2 original Baby Brownings. An unfired 1967 model and a 1959 model which I sent to PSA for a complete rebuild to include all springs, extractor mag release and all other small parts recommended by PSA. I shoot the 1959 model on and off and its 100% reliable and incredibly accurate for such a tiny gun. It will easily keep all shots on a soda can at 30 feet. I've had several 25s over the years just because they're fun. I have had Berretta mod 20, Raven, FIE Titan, The mentioned Bauer and my current 2 Baby Brownings

I carried a Bauer .25 as a backup weapon for several years. I recall NO issues with it. It worked! The sights are tiny, but there is a raised, serrated rib across the top of the slide. I painted the front sight and half the rib RED with Testers Model paint, to serve as a sighting plain. I don't recall if I ever shot it any further than 7 yards, but sighting really wasn't an issue with that painted sighting plain. I only stopped carrying that piece when my agency "outlawed" them. Bureaucracy. I ended up selling it for a Chief Special that was "legal" for me to carry, but far harder to conceal as well. Thanks for your review.

Super good review…best I have seen…nice little gun…

I have a Bauer, PSA and Browning. I love these mouseguns! I have many other 25 autos as well.

Great review! Thanks!

Thanks for the video. I have the same Bauer with box and paperwork. I shoot a mag through it every couple years. You do need to be very mindful of your grip as you indicate. One more detail, it has a magazine disconnect. Good to know. Mine has seen time as a “hotel” gun in my shaving kit.

Took mine out and shot well with no issues!

I found this review to be most excellent. I own fine examples of both the Baby Browning and the Bauer (41xx serial). These guns just amuse me. They * almost * fit into an Altoids tin. Seeing the other videoes you have, I'm all in. Subscribed. Hope I find some Comm bloc stuff on your channel. Thanks!

Thanks! I love mine, same gun w// box. One additional detail, has mag disconnect. Won’t fire without mag.

I just saw your concise presentation on the Bauer. Very nice display. Thank you. If you know, some decades back, a good friend gave me a new box of RWS brand .25acp fmj ammo. Was wondering if you had ever tried this brand? I've never owned a .25, but your presentation has my attention. Thank you, Randy-IL

I bought a new Baby from PSA. I just HAD to have it. 🤪

Had one back in the day....70s..... Sold it and regret it forever!

My 4 Mouse Guns Are: LCP / LCP 2 / LCP-C & A LCP Max, Love My Rugers... Great Video...

Very nice

If I had to choose between your Bauer and the Secamp,, regardless of the larger cartridges and the finer machining, I'm still picking the Bauer, because I like it's shape and likeness to the Baby Browning. I just have never liked that other one.

I hate to say this but if you can find one of these in good condition...BUY IT! I'm buying everyone I can find. I got my first one in '73 for $76.25. I now wish I had bought a hundred of them back in the day. Very well made. I mean VERY WELL MADE! These firearms are for the up-close situation...the ultimate bad breath gun. When some bad guy is on your body...three to the belly will soon stop the problem. It's not a powerhouse. However, you may have the chance to get away to a safer place to live another day.

Noted your comments about Blazer ammunition. I currently have a Beretta 1919, a ColtM1908 and a Browning (brand) Baby. The Blazer .25 ACP I have works fine. (I have an FN M1906 also, but haven't fired it with anything yet.) From your comments, the Bauer under observation was new. From the evidence provided, the ammunition worked properly and the pistol needed some use, or 'breaking in'. Regarding your statement about the Bauer being designed by "Robert Bauer, Sr". No. It was not. The Bauer is not 'designed after' but is a line for line copy of the FN M1931 pistol. The patents had expired since 1931. It was designed by Dieudonne Saive of Fabrique Nationale (FN) as a redesign of the original John Moses Browning design, the M1906. Mr. Bauer no doubt arranged for the manufacture of the Bauer pistol, but he did not design it. Mother of Pearl grips are legendarily slippery, on any handgun. Even perspiration makes them slippery. They look good, but they are slippery and are fragile. I question the claim to 'smallest'. Being a direct copy of the FN M1931 or Baby Browning it should be the same size. But the design of all three of those pistols is quite small. The Bernardelli Model 68 (I think) is reputed to be the smallest .25 ACP pistol. It is also no longer made, to my understanding.

I took the lil guy to the ranch for the first time and the firing pin stuck out like quarter inch in the back. What did I go wrong? I used ppu fmj 50 gr, 3,25g. Thank you

must be the same guy who said recently said you can find single stack shields for $200-$300. I had an AMT backup in 380 back in the 80s wish I still had it

Yes the Bauer is a very nicely made 25 caliber pistol but if you really want a reliable one go to the Colt vest pocket you can't go wrong

I bought some bulk 25 ammo on gun broker for 25 dollars a box. 500 rounds.

I took the grip screws off mine for cleaning and I can not for the life of me put them back on. Any tips? I believe this gun I have may need some work but in overall good condition.

I had that same problem with the barrel on my PSA. My gunsmith told me about twisting the barrel.

I bought this pistol after watching your review, for $400. It was the only pistol that met my required specifications: Centerfire, Small as humanly possible, and has safety and magazine releases in suitable locations for a left handed shooter, and iron sights. Unfortunately, it's not as reliable as I'd like. It averages a malfunction every 2 magazines or less, even after replacing parts to improve reliability. If you have any history and advice with malfunctions with this pistol I'd greatly appreciate it. Overall, it's my new carry gun because other guns are simply too large for me to want to carry consistently. I'd rather have an unreliable .25 on me, than nothing at all.

Wish I bought one got a raven mp25 cause what I had left over in Christmas movie have looked for months for a 25 couldn’t find any at all in pawnshop or guns shop that sell used guns etc. .just hope this gun is reliable like I read from owners other day they junk cause they Saturday night specials etc

I just ordered a PSA Baby, wish I could have picked it up for $800 😅

Kind of ruff to use critical defense and find it won’t rack even one round…did on 380…then the store won’t take it back…very nice vid…

I must have a newer one. My striker is mounted in the frame And I have the holster too. It's a 19XXXX ser#

I used mine as a backup

Sucks they stopped producing them. With today's push for smaller and smaller handguns, I think these would be popular. Back in the day when these were popular (Like in the early 20th century), I think people were smarter and had more common sense. Although there is nothing wrong with carrying 9mm, .40, .357, .45 or even 10mm... it's not always required and it's far more likely that people will carry every single day if they have a small, light, comfortable firearm. I think small firearms like these increased the percentage of people that carried firearms... and I hope they continue to do that again in the future. (...and with modern steel they can make revolvers as small as the NAA mini revolvers... so I'm sure they could make very high quality firearmslike these, or even smaller). I hope companies start producing these and set off a micro gun arms race.

Some company should start manufacturing the Bauer or Frazer (identical pistols) but chambered for the more effective .32 ACP. .32 ACP is not that easy to find today but still much more available than the .25 ACP. More, the .32 ACP, while beneath the more effective .380 ACP, is still a better choice for close-up personal protection than the .25 ACP.

Picked one up for 225$

don't use hollow point and a Browning mag replacement. the Bauer mags are weakest part. springs should be replaced after several hundred rounds.

I heard of a guy who told my sister he shot a bear with a Bauer. It worked.

PAPERWORK

Way too expensive to practice with.

This was the worst gun i ever had. All it did was jam. The gunsmith made numerous attempts to fix it but he couldn't