Gentlemen,
I have owned many .45 Colt chambered hand guns over the years. I like the cartridge because of the many power levels it can be loaded to. My favorite S&W is a 625-7 Mountain Gun I bought on 2/15/01.It was part of a run of 750 according to S&W. It has .451 throats and is very accurate with 255 grain Laser Cast bullets with loads of either 8.0 grains of WW 231 for 855 fps, or 20.0 grains of H-4227 for 890 fps. Both loads will group around 1" at 25 yards. I have packed this gun many times on prairie dog towns in a Tom Threepersons holster by El Paso Saddlery and found it to be very comfortable to carry all day. The gun is very tight and has a very nice trigger pull. It is not going anywhere!