When people think of having a backup pistol, “Dirty Harry” pistol usually comes to mind.

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 2/25/2019 | C Cocoles

[w1n1]

When people think of having a backup pistol, "Dirty Harry" pistol usually comes to mind.
With the decline in small caliber pistol for personal protection. There are some experienced gun instructors that still believes theres still a place for it. For example, Claude Werner of Tactical Professor. Claude is experienced in IDPA, NRA certified gun instructor and a retired military Special Operations Officer.
With all the weapons training that Claude has gone through and certified to instruct firearms employment. He still thinks outside the convention beliefs that a smaller .32 caliber can protect yourself.

He states it has to do with what we’ve been taught and conditioned into believing that a larger caliber with the knock down power will solve the problem. Claude goes on to explain that in law enforcement its their job to stop the threat and apprehend the perpetrator.
Having a larger caliber handgun helps stop the threat. So when we look at this application for personal protection, yes the firepower is necessary. But in most self-defense scenarios documented by law enforcement shows that when a bad guy gets shot from the defender. They usually run away, for law enforcement its their job to apprehend them.
But, for the private citizen, (Joe like us) once the shots have been fired and the bad guy runs away. The threat is gone, you can now call the police to get after them.

Its about the Indian not the Arrow
As you can see from this similar scenario but from two different view points. Having that larger caliber pistol may be the way to go but the goal of any life threatening situation is to stop the attack. Stopping the attack does not mean to end a person’s life with a big .357 magnum. It means to stop them from attacking you, even with a .25 caliber pocket pistol. Think it can’t be done? Yes these .380, .32 or 25’s are little pop gun, its about putting that pop in the right place, then it becomes a lot more effective. Again, Claude Werner is not saying caliber doesn’t matter. Claude claims its about the Indian not the arrow. However, the average gun shopper/owner is focused on the arrow. So yes there needs to be much training on.... Read the rest of 25 caliber pistol.

[yarddog]

I once read a story by the real “Q” or Major Bootheroyd which was his real name.

He read one of the Bond books and wrote a letter to Ian Fleming telling him that he had mis-named the Beretta .25, by calling it a 6.75 cal. He also said a real agent would not carry a .25 auto.

He and Fleming kept up correspondence and eventually met and did some target shooting. Bootheroyd said that Fleming was not knowledgeable on guns but despite that was an excellent shot.

It turned out that the owner of Purdey shotguns had already corrected Fleming on the caliber. Fleming asked the Major what gun would actually be used and he replied, “A Walther PPK, in .32 caliber.” Fleming made the correction in “Dr. No” and used the Major’s real name.

[Bonemaker]

“Are you kidding? I can’r even hide my anatomy in a Speedo!”

No room for two M1911’s.

[Carriage Hill]

All the online stores carry it:

https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/category/ammunition/handgun.do?c=117336.117340&caliber=.25+ACP+%2F+Automatic&pp=30&sortby=priceAscend&cx=0

[Who is John Galt?]

25 Caliber Pistol

How about an AR15 pistol, chsmbered in .25-45 Sharps?

;^)

[Carriage Hill]

Here it is:

https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/category/ammunition/handgun/25-acp-or-25-auto.do

[MHGinTN]

My EDC alternates between an eight shot .22 magnum revolver snubby or a Bersa 32 acp. The second shot will be either a head shot or a bladder shot.

[RedMonqey]

I had a Minx in .22 short with a 4 inch barrel.
It was accurate enough for hunting

What would you hunt with a .22 short? Squirrel? Rabbit? Rats?

I've done a little of all(except rat)with a borrowed 410 cuz didn't trust my aim with my own .22 rifle. Did use it to put down a sheep dog whose owner didn't take my repeated warning to him to control his dog from running our cattle and horses. Took 3 shots of .22 hollow points long and I was on top of it(got caught in our barbed wired fence.)

[Ace's Dad]

Sean Connery’s ‘007’ preferred the Beretta .25

At first. He was persuaded to switch to .32 as I remember. Walther, I believe.

[elcid1970]

Geoffrey Boothroyd’s “The Handgun” (1970) is still unsurpassed as a comprehensive history of handgun evolution up until that year.

When Bond was issued the PPK, Boothroyd assured him that its .32 round “has an entry like a brick through a plate glass window”.

Hmm....

[Hot Tabasco]

I have one of these:

A Beretta 6.35 cal Gardone V.T made in Italy in 1957.....

I don't carry it and have never bothered firing it. It was in my dad's firearm collection and remains there.....

My dad was a Detroit cop and married my Canadian step-mom back around 1960. At the time she owned a flower shop in Windsor so she either bought the gun herself or my dad did and gave it to her for protection before they got married and she moved here to Detroit.

[gundog]

“...or are you just happy to see me?”

[LIConFem]

Personally, I’d be more frightened of the Speedo.

[Hot Tabasco]

I have a 380 that can be hidden in a Speedo.

Hidden in a speedo, yes. But hard to find over an enlarged stomach........LOL!

[yarddog]

Boothroyd said in the article that the “brick through a plate glass window” was Fleming’s idea. It actually caused the Major some embarrassment as he knew it was not a real powerhouse.

When readers complained about it and also a mistake about the correct holster, Fleming sent the letters to Boothroyd to answer.

[gundog]

I knew a guy who’s wife shot herself in the head with a .25. Then, she got up, wandered around, maybe got some coffee, and then sat down and shot herself again.

[Hot Tabasco]

mis-named the Beretta .25, by calling it a 6.75 cal.

Would a cal. 6.35 been more appropriate?

[JonPreston]

I stick to hiding socks in my Speedo.

[JonPreston]

I stick to hiding socks in my Speedo.

[yarddog]

Yes.