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The original, my favorite, but I gotta admit, I love that model 22!
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This is my current favorite. I've had it about two months, so far I've smoothed the action and installed Wolff springs.
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Here are my 45 ACP revolvers.
625-3 Models of 1989 with a 5 inch barrel, a 4 inch barrel, and a 3 inch barrel.
A 45 CAL Model of 1950.
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My Newest Addition
625-2 replaced the pacs with an older set of Ajax black pearls not to bad shooting. This one is a keeper for sure.
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ChattCat,
That's an interesting front sight on your 625-2. Looks like a combination ramp/patridge. Was that original to the gun, or did you make a change?
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Night Sights
Lou NC bought the gun that way thats a Mepro front and rear night sight comb, Really work good at night or dark situations, for me though at this stage of the game, can't quite focus on the front sight during daylight conditions. Thinking about a gold bead up front.
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Changed stocks on my 625-6. These are Ahrends round to square butt conversions. Hope you like!
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Magnaport 625
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1937 Brazilian
My only S&W N-Frame, I do have original grips (very worn) but prefer the feel of these targets.
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Here is my 625-3 with a Set of Nills
regards from Vienna
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How about a .45acp Heavy Duty
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My Governor with the Hogue Zombie Grips. It's so Ugly it's pretty (especially when the grips glow in the dark)
Here is my 1917:
Here is my Webley MK VI made in 1918 that I occasionally shot .45 AR out of. It could handle .45ACP on moonclips, but since the .45 ACP is a bit hotter than the old .455 Webley round, I kept the diet nice and light.
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625 “Pre-Mountain Gun” !
Springfield Armory Commemorative.
I will never figure out why S&W refused to make a production run of this gun !
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model of 1917 that shipped to Springfield Armory in February of 1918
625-4, 4" Springfield Armory Comm.
625-4, 5"
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model of 1917 that shipped to Springfield Armory in February of 1918
625-4, 4" Springfield Armory Comm.
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My 1955 target model.
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Just bought this chopped Colt 1917 off gunbroker, should have it in hand in a week or so.
Sorry for the crummy pic-
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My 25, shipped Dec '60.
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And yet another 25-2
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How did you get a 5" 25-2? Custom job?
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The 5" 25-2 is a cut down custom job. It has a narrow smooth trigger and a Performance Center action job to go with it. It shoots very nicely, but I tend to feel the blued finish is more delicate than the stainless, so the stainless guns get shot more. The 25-2 is semi-retired.
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The 5" 25-2 is a cut down custom job. It has a narrow smooth trigger and a Performance Center action job to go with it. It shoots very nicely, but I tend to feel the blued finish is more delicate than the stainless, so the stainless guns get shot more. The 25-2 is semi-retired.
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You ever decide to put that on the market, I'd like a PM/email. How are the chamber dimensions?
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The throats are .4560" as measured with my pin gages and my internal mic. My 625PC measures .4522" with the pins and mic and my 625PC measures .4515". They all shoot the same: very well. The 25-2 originally had fairly bad chamber alignment. After I fixed that, it shot very well. I suspect the .45 ACP/AR stuff shoots well even with the large throats because the large pistol primer in the tiny case propels the bullet thru the chamber throats into the forcing cone before the gas pressure gets high enough to cause blow-by. Good barrel, good chamber alignment overcomes large throats. At least that is my guess. Does not work in .45 Colt.
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Bought this 4" at a recent gun show. I wasn't really hunting for a 4", and that's why i walked right into this one. It came with the box and the original Pachs...now wearing some Combats.
...and the same 3" posted earlier in the thread.
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Heres my beauty 99% not a mark on it.
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My one and only .45 ACP revolver. A Sept. '56 (first month 2nd Gen.) Colt w/.45 Colt cylinder (unfluted) & 1-piece ivory stock.
The Official Firearm of Arizona!
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My meager pair.
A "-4" and a "-3".
Had another "-3" stolen from my home in Little Rock, AR back in '05.
I hope to have (BEN4742) returned to me one day.
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Just picked up a 325 Night Guard. Pulled out a pair of Ahrends Cocobolo I had and I think it spruced it up nice! Sorry for the ****** cell pic:
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Model 25, no dash, Model of 1955 Target 45 ACP.
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recent 625-3 find...i think i have a new favorite of the entire collection
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Picked up last month...
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Sure like those flat sided combat stocks...and love that dark wood!
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WOW. I have a 625 no dash Model of 1988 on its way this week, 1956 Pre 25 and a Blackhawk 45 Colt with extra ACP cylinder. I don't know how to put pictures on this site.
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Here's one I did not see.
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I just had a 4" Mountain Gun barrel installed on my Model 625-8....Now it is much lighter and easier to pack around:
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Here are my two S&Ws. The top is a M25-2 with a 6 1/2" barrel and it is a great shooter. I used it in competition enough to want a 4" barrel version, so I made the bottom revolver from a M28-2 by reboring and rifling the existing barrel (Dick Nickel, deceased, did that) and installing a cylinder from a 25-2. Also installed a frame lug for a 25-2 and eventually reshaped the grips to better fit my hand. I did round the grip frame but prefer the fit of the square style, should have considered that before I grabbed the file!
This 45 ACP came back to me and I did not realize how much I had missed it.
Not a Colt, but an Italian replica. Good shooter but it will not replace the 28-2 as my American Express revolver.
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25-12 Heritage 1917
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Ruger Bisley Blackhawk convertible (.45 Colt cylinder in it)
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Model 1955 four screw 
Model 1955 five screw 
First Model Schofield 
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Wow, you guys are making my mouth water! I had my hands on a 625 w/5" barrel for a few months that my brother so kindly loaned me. I had to give it back because I was considering going on the lam so I could keep it. Being of modest means, I have yet to get one of my own but I'm finally getting to where if I can find the right one, I might be able to pull it off. You guys are making me reprioritize, who needs cable TV?
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How'd I miss this thread? I think I just wasn't dialed in to .45 ACP revolvers at the time it started. But a couple of months later I made an opportunity purchase of this 625-3, which I ran into on the consignment shelf after a trip to the range. In the last six months it has become one of my favorite revolvers:
I already had this really nice 1917 that I got from Handejector about three years ago in a Black Friday sale.
That gun and a Brand C 1917 went together with my Uncle Ralph's campaign hat for a WWI group:
And there is this postwar Brazilian that was kind of beat up when I got it. But after feeding it a a few new parts (crane, ejector rod, stocks), adjusting the end shake, and cleaning up some burrs and gouges at the muzzle, I now have a reliable shooter that enjoys responsibility as one of the HD guns around the house.
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I already had this really nice 1917 that I got from Handejector about three years ago in a Black Friday sale.
That gun and a Brand C 1917 went together with my Uncle Ralph's campaign hat for a WWI group:
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A one-of-a-kind that was made from a Brazilian 1917 Smith & Wesson. Somebody put on a 3 1/2" ribbed barrel and an FDL Wondersight and hard chromed it. The works are nice and tight and it really shoots and the price was right.
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Thank you. I don't mind at all. 
I am amazed that Ralph's hat and two battle revolvers nearly a century old could still be in such good condition. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have them. (I don't mean to imply that they are my uncle's guns; the only thing those items share is the WWI chronology.)
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I have added a couple to my collection since my Feb2012 post:
A Model 25-2 with a Red Post front sight:
An a rare Post War Transition Commercial 1917:
Just like potato chips, you can't stop at 1, or in my case, you just can't stop period.
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