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Manufacturer
	Phoenix Arms More Info

About the Gun

After the 1991 fire that destroyed Raven Arms, George Jennings sold the MP-25 tooling and rights to a new company formed by his family and former employees. Phoenix Arms relaunched the identical Jennings .25 ACP design in 1992 under the licensed name “Model Raven,” keeping the classic zinc-frame pocket pistol alive. Marketed as the Phoenix Model MP-25 Raven, it carried the original Raven silhouette but added a magazine-disconnect safety and minor cosmetic tweaks while retaining the same pot-metal construction and budget price point that had made its predecessor infamous.

Production

This model was produced from 1992 through 1998.

Market value

This model in average to good condition commands a used market value of $80–$150 right now, with minty examples including box and extra mag pushing toward the upper end.

Cartridge Specifications
Cartridge:	.25 Automatic
Alias:	6.35mm Browning
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Analysis

The Phoenix Raven was less a new gun than a deliberate continuation, a bridge that kept the Raven bloodline breathing until the HP-series took over. Short production and modest numbers—perhaps 120–150k units—make surviving examples scarcer than pre-fire Ravens. Today they occupy a curious niche: true “Saturday Night Special” survivors that outlived the era’s political backlash, quietly collectible for Ring-of-Fire historians, and still the cheapest functional .25 ACP pocket pistol on the used market.