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Shown from left to right is the F.I.E Titan, the Armi Tanfoglio Giuseppe GT-26, the Armi Galesi Brescia Brevetto, the Raven MP-25 (Blued) and the Raven MP-25 (Nickel Plated)
Despite the variety in manufacturing companies these .25acp pistol share many common features and operational traits
These small inexpensive pistols were the target of the 1968 Gun Control Act which banned weapons such as the Armi Tanfoglio and Galesi Brecia Brevetto from being imported into the United States and gave birth to companies like F.I.E of Miami, Florida and the Raven Company of California to produce these pistols here within the United States. Often by importing the parts and adding them to U.S. made frames
The 6.35 Browning / .25 Automatic round
Miami, Florida 8th July 2013: The collection of .25acp pistols within Experience Shooting Solutions (ES2) operational arsenal is ever expanding to meet the needs and preference requirements of their clients. ES2 collection of .25acp represents what occurred as a result of the 1968 Gun Control Act which banned the importation of small, inexpensive pocket pistols. The 1968 Gun Control Act did establish the ban of such weapons, but what the elected officials did expect was the never ending determination of the American gun owner. The 1968 ban gave way to the creation of such companies as Raven Firearms of Southern California which was established by George Jennings in the late 1960's.
In the early 1970's Jennings produced the Raven MP-25 which was dubbed the original "Saturday Night Special". Soon after companies like F.I.E of Miami, Florida and Excam of Hialeah, Florida were importing the "parts" of the Tanfoglio and Galesi Brescia Brevetto which was legal as it was NOT the actual gun as banned per the 1968 act and applying them to U.S. made frames and effectively side stepped the 1968 act.
In their effort to curb the right for law respecting American to own the firearm of their choice the system created a market for small companies like F.I.E and Raven to flourish and produce what the gun admiring American public wanted. Therefore ES2 collection of these .25acp represent but a very small part of American gun history and the struggle to keep our 2nd Amendment alive for generation to come. Thanks George Jennings.
