On April 19, 2004 myaunt gave me a Raven P25. I got shot at during a robbery on April 14, and when my aunt saw it on TV, she was concerned for my well-being. That was my first handgun. It was tough to learn to shoot straight withthat little pocket gun, but I can keep it on a sheet of paper at 7 yards now. If I take my time, I even get a couple of rounds in the 4-inch red circle in the middle of my targets.



Realize this gun had been in a drawer, with the magazine stuffed full, for several years. I had to take the magazine apart, and I bought a couple of new ones to boot. At first it would have an occasional fail-to-eject. After a new recoil spring and firing pin spring, and a little hand-polishing on the chamber ramp, she fires flawlessly with S&B, Winchester USA, Remington, and UMC ball ammo, as well as Winchester hollow-points.

I own five handguns now, and granted, I don't carry the Raven very often. But I do carry it occasionally on a hot summer day, just to walk around in the yard. Any further, and I always have something more potent to tote. It's fun to shoot, and it's about the weight of a good "throwing" rock if need be.