MY $25.00 Find

[ftncityfatboy]

Picked this one up for $25, it goes bang....

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr180/ftncityfatboy/25caliberRaven003.jpg

.25 caliber, Raven Arms Model, slightly used......

Edited October 21, 2010 by ftncityfatboy

[Sandman]

Ha ha ha ha awesome.

[Oh Shoot]

Picked this one up for $25, it goes bang....

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr180/ftncityfatboy/25caliberRaven003.jpg

I hope it doesn't go KaBOOM!

-OS

[adam42]

Be careful that thing doesn't blow up in your hand.

[ftncityfatboy]

I hope it doesn't go KaBOOM!

-OS

this is one of those throw away guns. shoot it several times then throw it away. Box of ammo cost more than the gun!!

[mav]

Gonna post some pictures flashing gang signs? lol

[ftncityfatboy]

Be careful that thing doesn't blow up in your hand.

already had it to the range, believe it or not----flawless!

[VERO1]

I had one of them things. I think thats about what I paid for mine new about 25 years ago. It was ugly and cheap but always went bang when the trigger was pulled!

[ftncityfatboy]

disassembled it tonight for cleaning, firing pin spring shot out the slide, spent two hours looking for it, not very many parts to this one.

[gregintenn]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!

To be honest, I once had one in 22LR, and it never faied to fire. Furthermore, it was accurate beyond belief.

[Guest TnRebel]

hey I got one like that .. the wife loves to shoot it . Model MP-25

Edited October 21, 2010 by TnRebel

[mav]

I have actually never seen one before, much less shoot one, but I was wondering what the accuracy is like on one of those. Is it point at the target and your will hit it somewhere, or will it hit where you are aiming at?

[Guest TnRebel]

at 10 yards the wife can cut the 10 ring out of a silhouette target .

[Smith]

Nice find. Had a guy come in the shop last week and said he picked up one of these for $50 at a garage sale!

[mav]

at 10 yards the wife can cut the 10 ring out of a silhouette target .

That is impressive. I only learned about Raven Arms last week when I googled a search on guns used in most crimes. Raven, Jiminez, and some other manufacturer (which were all related) made it in the top 10. The article claimed the popularity amongst criminals was due to very cheap cost. It also stated that the quality was less than desirable. That was the reason for my question.

[Guest TnRebel]

they where the original Saturday Night special

[Guest TnRebel]

there is a forum for the Jennings ( Raven )

bryco-jennings-jimenezarms.com :: View topic - How to Disassemble a Raven for Cleaning

[kb4ns]

I've actually got a couple of 'em in the back of the safe. One belonged to my father's mother and the other belonged to my mother's mother. They never knew each other but both had the same model gun to slip in their purse if they needed to...

[Guest Aces&8s]

disassembled it tonight for cleaning, firing pin spring shot out the slide, spent two hours looking for it, not very many parts to this one.

Heh heh... yeah, been there. Found it under the dresser with forty cents and an open end wrench I had "lost."

Nice find, though, at a great price!

[TNWNGR]

The .25ACP is actually quite an accurate round, it suffer's from the lack of usable sight's on most of the pistol's it's been chambered in and terminal performance in real world usage.

[xRUSTYx]

i need to go to more garage sales

[Glenn]

I had a friend that had a Raven. It looked like it was made out of 'pot" metal. on the second magazine it went full auto. He threw it in the river.

Glenn

[Links2k]

That thing is scary to look at.

[mikegideon]

I hope it doesn't go KaBOOM!

-OS

Yep. I chuckled a little when I saw "safe" stamped in the slide

[Guest Bonedaddy]

Have one of the Phoenix HP-22A's. Basically the same gun in 22lr. After approx. 800 rds. it developed a small crack in the frame at the top of the mag well under the slide. It has a life time warranty so I sent the frame and slide, minus the barrel, return spring and clip, back to them and they sent me a whole new gun with magazine. Cool. Now I have a spare 3" barrel and 3 mags for the thing and it shoots good. Very accurate and the new gun shoots the cheap ammo right off the bat without breaking it in with CCI's first. The other wouldn't do that. Put the 5" barrel on it and it's more accurate than my 6" single action wheel gun.