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I have recently acquired another JMB design. This particular gun's serial number puts it in the 1908-1909 production. It is chambered in 25 auto. Can't wait to shoot it!
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Ramjo
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I have recently acquired another JMB design. This particular gun's serial number puts it in the 1908-1909 production. It is chambered in 25 auto. Can't wait to shoot it! Sent from my iPhone using

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Buy a set of replica grips at a gun show for about twenty five bucks and put them on when shooting gun as your original grips are in very nice shape but will crack because of age (very brittle) and h

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You'll enjoy it immensly. I had a much later Bauer Stainless Steel ieteration of it I didn't have the good sense to keep. With your particular gun its important to remember it built more on the lines of a Swiss watch. IOW it's tough but have a care with its springs...

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They shoot great for what they are. I can't hit a barn standing in the hallway with a Colt Jr., but was quite surprised at the accuracy of the Vest Pocket model.

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They shoot great for what they are. I can't hit a barn standing in the hallway with a Colt Jr., but was quite surprised at the accuracy of the Vest Pocket model.

Probably because by the time the Jrs came about, they were manufacturing a foreign design under the colt name.


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Probably because by the time the Jrs came about, they were manufacturing a foreign design under the colt name.


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Yup. Astra.

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Yup. Astra.

I was watching bigdaddyhoffmann on YouTube and the groups he shot with his were extremely good for the minimal sights the gun provides.


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Probably just me then.

 

Take the 1908 apart, and you'll truly appreciate the genius of John Browning. :up:

Yeah as with most all his guns, terribly clever and simple. 

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I was watching bigdaddyhoffmann on YouTube and the groups he shot with his were extremely good for the minimal sights the gun provides.


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You'd be surprised at how accurate the .25ACP can be. I had a Beretta 950 that was scary accurate from a rest. Actually .25 Caliber rifles are also quite accurate as well.

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Nice!
I have one that is worn down practically to silver finish and the writing on it is barely legible but it still performs flawlessly.
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Buy a set of replica grips at a gun show for about twenty five bucks and put them on when shooting gun as your original

grips are in very nice shape but will crack because of age (very brittle) and have seen original grips go for over a hundred.

How did I find this out? I shot and broke mine.

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Buy a set of replica grips at a gun show for about twenty five bucks and put them on when shooting gun as your original
grips are in very nice shape but will crack because of age (very brittle) and have seen original grips go for over a hundred.
How did I find this out? I shot and broke mine.

Thanks for that piece of advice! I hate you had to learn the hard way.



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