.25 acp

[13mogul]

Looking but not finding.
Does ANYONE even stock this stuff anymore?
Any pointers for cheap bulk HP would be greatly appreciated.
And I don't do business with the Peoples Republic of Walmart.

 

[august1410]

I thought I saw some at Bass Pro the last time I was there, but that was a while ago. If you don't mind the drive to York, PA, Gander Mountain had all the handgun ammo anyone could want. 2 box maximum though

 

[Cochise]

I actually load for 25 acp. Its easy, doesnt use much powder but sometimes it feels like my fingers are too big.
I probably have some extra store bought around if it helps, I am in Rockville. It would all be FMJ.

 

[Jimbob2.0]

Bass pro, thought I saw some at one of the walmarts.

I have never shot one, probably will this weekend as I think my father bought one of the Taurus guns in this caliber.

 

[gunconnection]

Looking but not finding.
Does ANYONE even stock this stuff anymore?
Any pointers for cheap bulk HP would be greatly appreciated.
And I don't do business with the Peoples Republic of Walmart.

I have 25acp ammo in stock.
PMC 25acp---50rd/box---$22.00/box

Speer Gold Dot---25acp---25rd/box---$20.00/box

 

[X-Factor]

Tackle Box down in St Mary's County (Lexington Park) has a few boxes of .25. Didn't see the price or grain count. Just noticed. However, get it from Gun Connection instead. Tackle Box robs as many people as rob it.

 

[a81lp]

abingdon wal mart had atleast 2 boxes tonight. sorry didnt see a price, but they shuffle the ammo around so much none of the stickers are accurate anyway.

 

[alucard0822]

I'm curious as to why you were looking for HP ammo for it, I take it this pistol is to be used for defense or backup.

There are not many companies that make HP ammo for 25acp, and it is hard to find. I only know of Gold dots Win super-X, and XTPs. Problem is the caliber more often than not won't penetrate sufficiently in FMJ form, and is slow enough out of a belly gun that HPs probably won't expand anyway, but if by chance one does, it probably won't penetrate more than a couple inches, and it's chances of stopping a threat are slim to none. FMJ is cheaper, some guns won't feed HP ammo reliably, and in this particular case FMJ outperforms expanding ammo anyway.

 

[MDMOUNTAINEER]

never understood this caliber?

 

[jjboxman]

http://www.ammoman.com/index.htm

 

[alucard0822]

never understood this caliber?

Quite simply recoil operated pistols must have slide weight and spring tension in preportion to the cartridge fired, meaning that the bigger the cartridge, the heavier the slide has to be in order to extract the fired case reliably, and delay it enough that the case is not broken or damages as it is extracted. Tuning with spring pressure can help, a heavier spring can slow an action down, but it is secondary to the mass of the slide, and you normally have to increse the spring weight to the point the pistol is hard to cock in order to shave even a small amount of weight from the slide. For this reason, before modern compact locking breech pistols came about, if you wanted a pistol to be very small, it had to fire a low powered and appropriately small cartridge, the 25ACP being about the smallest in common use outside of the 22. The 25ACP has similar ballistics to the 22 out of these very small guns with miniscule barrels, but is made more reliable from centerfire priming, and with a larger diameter jacketed bullet not feasable in a 22LR with it's heeled bullet. Being an "Autmatic Colt Pistol" cartridge, like 380ACP, and 45ACP it was originally chambered in a Colt pistol, in the case of the 25ACP, the 1908 colt vest model, in it's day about the smallest and lightest practical pistol that could be had. Most modern 25s follow the same formula, low power, small size and light slide that could not be readily adapted to shoot a more powerful cartridge without more weight, larger size, and/or the use of a locking breech.

 

[Spot77]

I shot a 25ACP a few weeks ago for the first time. It was fun, but no more so than shooting a 22lr.

The best way I can recall the recoil?

It reminds me of getting slapped lightly on the palm of my hand with a plastic ruler.

I bought a box at Bass Pro to run through my friend's gun.