The Bauer Automatic is an American-made copy of the
Baby Browning
The 1931 Fabrique Nationale (FN) Baby Browning is a small blowback-operated semi-automatic pistol designed by Belgium-born Dieudonné Saive chambered in .25 ACP (6.35x15 mm). The pistol features a six-round magazine capacity and is a striker- ...
. Made of stainless steel, they are chambered in
.25 ACP with a six-round capacity detachable box
magazine
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
. The Bauer was manufactured in
Fraser, Michigan
Fraser is a city in Macomb County, Michigan, Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern Metro Detroit, suburb of Detroit, Fraser is located roughly northeast of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, th ...
from 1972–1984.
The pistol was marketed as the Fraser-25 from 1984 to 1986.
Features
The Bauer .25 Automatic was made of precision machined 416
stainless steel
Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), or rustless steel, is an iron-based alloy that contains chromium, making it resistant to rust and corrosion. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion comes from its chromi ...
investment castings and fitted by hand. The pistol features a two-position thumb safety. One position locks the slide while the other position locks the slide in the disassembly position, allowing the user to rotate the barrel clockwise 45 degrees and remove the entire slide (rather than counterclockwise-as is the case with the FN Baby Browning pistol, to avoid copyright infringement claims from FN).
Factory options included "white pearl" (plastic) or wood grips, and a variety of holsters. An engraved version was manufactured for the
US Bicentennial in 1976.
Many parts interchange with the FN Baby Browning, including grips,
magazines
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
, and various internal parts.
References
External links
Owner's Manual{{Use dmy dates, date=May 2020
.25 ACP semi-automatic pistols
Semi-automatic pistols of the United States