Comments by "gary K" (@garyK.45ACP) on "How Lethal is The TINIEST Gun I Own???" video.

Only if by "based off" you mean a small .25 ACP handgun. Matt is shooting what was sold as the Colt "Junior". It was introduced in 1957 and made until 1968. It was not designed by Browning at all, but by Astra in Spain in 1954. It was sold in the USA as the Colt "Junior" from 1957-1968 and the Astra "Cub", also until 1968. They were offered in .22 short and .25 ACP. Both were banned for importation by the GCA '68. In 1970 Colt started making the gun in the USA to avoid the import ban, b ut discontinued it in 1972 (it is still in the 1973 catalog though) The FN 1906 and Colt 1908 VP are exactly the same gun. One was marketed in Europe (the FN 1906) the other was marketed in the US a couple years later. Both the FN and the Colt were made under license from Browning. FWIW The FN 1910 and the Browning 1955 are also the same gun. Oddly enough, though, the FN 1903 and the Colt 1903 are NOT the same gun. At first glance they look similar, but they aren't. The "Baby Browning"? It was introduced in 1931. 5 years AFTER Browning died. It was designed independently by Dieudonné Saive who was working at FN. FN had not asked him to design a .25 pocket gun, but they bought the rights to the gun and made it. Dieudonné Saive is the same engineer that completed the design of the Browning High Power...the last gun design Browning was working on, but didn't complete, before he died. As an aside, I have a fondness of sorts for this little pistol. I was a police officer from 1973-2009. During my career I was shot three times. The first time was in 1976 when I was shot in the left hand by a bad guy with an Astra Cub in .22 short. The bullet stopped in my hand, and was removed at the hospital. I was treated and released from the hospital and did desk duty for a few days. BTW...yeah, it hurt like HELL!
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@Fatty4president Incorrect. I explained all that above, you didn't read it. It's OK, it's the internet, admission price is very low and knowledge is optional...so here we go again: The Colt Junior was designed by Astra, in Spain, in 1954...not before. In 1957 Colt arranged to import the Astra made gun under the Colt name. They were sold concurrently in the USA until 1968. Two years later, Colt made the Junior again, in the USA, but only until 1972. It uses a SA external hammer for firing. The earlier gun was a striker fired type, designed by John Browning and sold in Europe as the FN 1906 and by Colt in the USA as the Model 1908 Vest Pocket Hammerless. The title went along with their Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless, also designed by Browning but that gun was actually a concealed hammer fired gun, not striker fired. Both of those are totally unrelated to the Astra Cub/Colt Junior...other than being a small .25 ACP. If anything, they are closer in design to the 1950s era Beretta Model 950 "Jetfire", sans the open slide and tip up barrel. The later "Baby Browning" designed by Dieudonne Saive is a striker fired gun, not related to any of the above and designed 5 years after John Browning died.
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@Fatty4president 100 years ago? The Colt Junior was sold in the USA from 1957 to 1968. Math is hard.
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@tinyj4520 Rock Island's gun is called the "Baby Rock" The 1908 Colt .380 was not called the "Baby Browning". It was called the Colt Pocket Hammerless .380. Officially, it was the "Model M" in company nomenclature and was also available in .32 ACP as the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless. The Colt Model 1908 VEST Pocket Hammerless .25 ACP was called the "Model N" in company nomenclature. It is a striker fired gun. The "Baby Browning" was designed in 1931...5 years after Browning died, by Deidonne Saive at FN. It is unrelated in any way to any of these. Google the names I typed. Select "images" in the results.
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@spider_eyegamin371 The Raven .25/P-25 (1970-1991) also known as "Mr. Saturday Night Special" is not a direct copy of any other handgun, but there are not many differences between any small, striker fired, blowback operated pistols. Raven's were made of a cheap zinc alloy, commonly called "pot metal", and were known for being reliable, but not long lived if fired very much. Ravens have recently sold on Gunbroker for $82-$140 Bauer Firearms made an exact clone of the Baby Browning in stainless steel from 1972-1984. It was then sold as the "Fraser 25" until 1986. They are high quality and available for considerably less cost than a Browning. Bauers have recently sold on Gunbroker for $256-$495. Price depends on condition and whether the original box and papers are included. Baby Brownings have recently sold for $500-$1430, again depending on condition, whether it has original box/papers
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@Myrlin187 Yep. But the pistol referred to is either the FN 1900 or the FN 1910. Both were extremely popular in Europe. The 1900 was the first semi-auto handgun with a slide. The design was later used by many other companies, including S&W for the Model 61 Escort and the Models 422/622/2214/2213 An FN 1910 in .380 was used by Gavrilo Princip to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparking WW1. The .32 ACP version was actually more common. It was not made in .25 ACP The gun Matt is shooting was not designed until 1957, by Astra in Spain. It was very common in Europe, but if you look up "Browning" in a European dictionary you will NOT see a picture of the gun Matt is shooting in this video.
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@Myrlin187 I didn't say dictionaries show pictures of Browning pistols. Another person did. I was responding to them Note the "@_______" when you read a comment, then check the comment that was being responded to for context. Whether I believe you or not is not important, you aren't very observant and seem unable to read. But it's the internet. Knowledge is optional for comments (as I'm sure you have noticed)
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Hmm...Ask Robert F Kennedy. He was killed with a .22 short.
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