Thanks to my good friend Parker in Chicagoland, I had two handguns delivered to my local gunshop today; a beautiful S&W Model 25-12 .45 acp with 5 different sets of grips and a very nice Colt Trooper .357 Magnum; if I read Proofhouse right the gun dates to 1964 (s/n 423XX). Here are some photos of the new gun. There is some holster wear on the muzzle and a scuff mark on the right grip. Other then that, a really nice example of a Colt.

S&W Model 25-12 (5" barrel)





Colt Trooper .357

a few more photos of the Smith, including the Performance Center stamp:

here are a few of the S&W photos, with a Bark River Kinife and a custom liner lock knife, made by Jim Downs to commorate his 25th anniversary of making knives; #4 of 25 made...




S&W Performance Center rollmark on receiver