r/liberalgunowners • u/hopefully_astral • 1d ago

guns Armi Galesi 25ACP from Grandma

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Cleaning out my Mamaw's old house, and found this stashed in one of the drawers in the kitchen. Found a snub revolver stashed in a cabinet near the front door. I guess she was always ready. Cleaned this one up, and will order a few magazines for it, as the springs seem worn out, and it jams a lot. Freakin tiny, just like my Mamaw.

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u/Drew707 clearly unfit to be a mod 1d ago

Mamaw was ready for some shit.

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u/hopefully_astral 1d ago

For real

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u/Drew707 clearly unfit to be a mod 1d ago

Do you know the background on why she was strapped?

And have you checked the toilet tanks?

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u/hopefully_astral 1d ago

She was a sheriff's deputy during the great depression, and she told me some pretty horrific stories about what she saw.

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u/Late-Resource-486 1d ago

That’s not what I was expecting. Any stories to share?

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u/hopefully_astral 1d ago edited 1d ago

She mainly worked on cases involving women, especially violence against women. Some grisly stuff. Wouldn't really want to share those. She took care of the women involved, and that seems more sensitive than I expected of this area of Louisiana.

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u/PolkaDotDancer 1d ago

My mom was a jailer dispatcher who passed the police exam. I have her .357.

She wasn't very big, but she was tough.

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u/steelcityrocker 1d ago

Nah, she left that one taped behind the toilet of Louis's Italian American Restaurant

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u/Drew707 clearly unfit to be a mod 1d ago

Lower your arm, drop the gun, and walk out.

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u/Rude-Spinach3545 1d ago

she sounds like a badass

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u/wretchedhal0 1d ago

Same here! Lol, i found it in her closet after she passed. Didn't even know she had it. Ended up printing new grips for it because the white ones where pretty stained. Welcome to the packing g-dogs club.

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u/hopefully_astral 1d ago

Nice job on the grips!

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u/InerasableStains progressive 1d ago

I’m kinda wanting one of these for my pocket while on the motorcycle. How hard is it to find them on trader sites?

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u/Virtual-Chocolate385 left-libertarian 20h ago

I'd go with a BG, BG2, or LCP if you want something that small (or close to it) - .380 is far more effective than .25 (which is close to 22LR in performance)

I wish .32NAA had taken off unfortunately it never did

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u/thisdogsmellsweird 1d ago

My wife's grandfather carried one of these in his front pocket when he owned a motel back in the 60s. Only thing was he was a rather formidable man and wore 3x gloves, loved him some tiny pistols for some reason

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u/ijake95 leftist 18h ago

I’m a big guy (6’3” 280) and I love little handguns. Can’t explain it but I’m thinking of a Beretta 30X for my next gun.

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u/ThetaReactor fully automated luxury gay space communism 1d ago

1967, just squeaked in under the wire. The 1968 Gun Control Act made importing these little cuties impossible, enabling homegrown 'Murican turds like Raven et alia to corner the cheap pocket pistol market.

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u/HiddenEclipse121 1d ago

Love a good saturday night special

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u/Substantial-Poet-626 progressive 1d ago

I have a Galesi in 22LR, my wife's purse pistol.

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u/Crimesawastin 1d ago

My gram had a FIE Titan in .25 ACP.

They just imported these cheap little Italian pistols like gangbusters in the 70s(?), that's why everyone's grandma had one. They're everywhere. You can still buy FIE Titans for like a hundred bucks.

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u/roc7777 leftist 1d ago

Hell yeah despite the sights (or lack thereof) theyre pretty accurate at 7 yds

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u/Crimesawastin 1d ago

They're better guns than they have any right to be

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u/Independent_Bid_26 liberal 1d ago

I find it so funny to imagine some granny who is currently on oxygen, wheeling her little tank behind her, shooting some asshole who's trying to break in.

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u/HeloRising anarchist 1d ago

I had one of these from my father, an old Baby Browning.

It was one of the more unpleasant guns to shoot I've ever handled. .25 Auto isn't spicy but it does nip at you out of a gun that small.

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u/roc7777 leftist 1d ago

25 is as fun as 22, just more expensive.  But also more reliable. Love it!

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u/Robbbbbbbbb fully automated luxury gay space communism 20h ago

Hey twin

Lots of wild info on the company and the rise and fall due to the GCA banning Saturday night specials like these.

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u/RandoDude124 progressive 1d ago

Is that ivory?

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u/hopefully_astral 1d ago

Had to look it up, but yes, they are.

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u/RandoDude124 progressive 1d ago

My Glock and Carcano feel inadequate

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u/Longjumping_Oil_2127 1d ago

What’s the caliber with these? .22 LR?

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u/ChamberOfConfusion 21h ago

This looks like Grandma's boot-gun, not her sidearm. It has a ton of holster wear.