A friend has .25 cal pistols as his collection niche so today was mostly .25 ACP range day.... a MAB Echasa-Eibar made in Spain, a Walther TPH and a Bauer Firearms .25 Automatic.
I only have a general familiarity with these particular models. I understand there?s a French made version of this MAB. The Walther has a very nice blued finish not apparent in the range photo. The Bauer is an American made, near copy of the FN Baby Browning. This one sports ?mother of pearl? plastic grips and is contrasted with a .38 spl round for size reference. One can get some decent groups out to 7 yards with the Bauer in slow fire. It?s always a pleasure to shoot some of these pistols and calibers of a bygone era.


That Walther is just pure bliss. I'd like to own one even if I'll never use it. When it comes to MAB though, I have the story the other way around. What my father-in-law has is a French production which is sort of normal considering he's French as well I guess. A Spanish production line copy could be a nice present to complete the set but we are at the process of getting a mortgage approval for a
flat in Spain and if it goes through we'll be relocating there to be close to the parents in law living in Montpellier. Spain will be completely foreign territory to me. Has anybody (especially in EU) have an old firearm like that shipped to them? Or will it be absolutely impossible for an individual to
import a pistol there? In some countries, if the pistol is disassembled or missing a functional part, they allow it to be received after a formal examination but I have no clue how EU acts on that. Frankly I fear that I can not buy one from anywhere else in the world, unless I pay the guy to conceal it and bring it to me personally by flying there.