625-6 and 625-7. What do I have.

Weisse52 · Jun 2, 2020

So,

I helped a friend out with a loan on these 2 revolvers a while back and now it appears they are now mine. One is a 625-6 with a LHD00xx serial number and the second is a 625-7 with a LCH00xx serial number. Both are Colt .45 and both are ported. Both are Performance Center
Not original cases and no paperwork.

What can anyone tell me about the values and some background.

Thanks.

Pizza Bob · Jun 2, 2020

Interesting conundrum. The 625-6 squares with the SCSW IV says under the chart of Lew Horton Distributor gun, and one could assume that the LHD prefix would be Lew Horton Distributors.

If you look at the 625-7 on the same chart, the description given is a far cry from what you have marked as a 625-7.

If you go to the regular section of the book and look at the engineering changes listed, again the 625-6`is shown as a .45 ACP model with a 5.25" barrel and says they were made for Camfour Distributors. But then there is a cryptic nolte that says, "also reported as a 625-7." It also says 2001 intro, whereas the 625-7 listed on the LH chart shows 1998.

OK, I'm confused. Your two guns appear identical and the 625-6 does match the description on the LH chart and shows 1997 intro. If you go to the listings in the PC section of the book they list the 625-7 as a Light Hunter made for RSR Distributors.

My head is spinning. I guess from all this we can take away that your 625-6 is a Lew Horton Distributor Special and the 625-7 is a Light Hunter from RSR Distributors from 1999. Wow.

Clear as mud but I think my last paragraph is what the OP has.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

Weisse52 · Jun 2, 2020

Thanks Bob.

Now all I have to find out is a value for each.

Weisse52 · Jun 2, 2020

Taking that description I found this link from a previous post. 625-6 Hunter
Seems to line up.

CA Escapee · Jun 2, 2020

Allow me to throw a monkey wrench squarely in the works.

This is my Lew Horton 625-7 in .45 Colt. The serial number begins with CDH.

Bill

colt_saa · Jun 2, 2020

You have two of my favorite 45 Long Colt revolvers:
The 625 Lite Hunter and the 625 Hunter

These were made for several Distributors as Exclusive offerings. So that each Distributor had his own model some had fluted cylinders and others had unfluted cylinders just to make them different.

The revovler with the LHD prefix is product code 170081 and was produced for Lew Horton Distributors in 1997. It is believed that most of these were shipped to Germany with only 50 remaining in the United States. With this heavy barreled 625 Hunter you should have weights and plastic spacers that go inside the under lug to alter the point of balance. There are 5 of each, but half of them should be in the revolver at any one time. There should also be an allen wrench to loosen the bolt that holds them in-place. Look under the foam in the boxes

The revolver with the LCH prefix s product code 170132 and was produced for RSR Distributors in 1999.

Much of the confusion is trying to reconcile the engineering changes (dash numbers) used on the production side of Smith & Wesson to the ones used by the Performance Center side of the Company, they do not always match and there is no list of what the PC changed when.

Both revolvers are wearing their original Factory supplied grips. The Mag-na-Ported barrels on both firearms is correct for their Factory Shipped configurations

Even without the box and papers, each of these should easily break the $1,000 mark on the auction sites.

Protocall_Design · Jun 2, 2020

If you weren't a revolver shooter before, now would be a really good time to start!

colt_saa · Jun 2, 2020

CA Escapee said:
Allow me to throw a monkey wrench squarely in the works.

This is my Lew Horton 625-7 in .45 Colt. The serial number begins with CDH.

Bill

No Monkey wrench Bill, your revolver is a Classic Hunter II with the correct original Altomonte Grips. That revolver was offered from the Production side of Smith & Wesson

Some folks forget that the 625 Model number along with the -7 engineering revision does not tell us the configuration of the firearm, that is the 6 digit SKU (Product Code) that is printed on the end label of the orignial box

Sorry, but your product code escapes my mind at the moment

CA Escapee · Jun 2, 2020

colt_saa said:
No Monkey wrench Bill, your revolver is a Classic Hunter II with the correct original Altomonte Grips. That revolver was offered from the Production side of Smith & Wesson

Some folks forget that the 625 Model number along with the -7 engineering revision does not tell us the configuration of the firearm, that is the 6 digit SKU (Product Code) that is printed on the end label of the orignial box

Sorry, but your product code escapes my mind at the moment

Well that's more info than what a phone call to LH years ago yielded. They did say it was 1 of 300, though. I called S&W prior to that and they didn't know much about it. They said call LH. I'll have to dig out the box and see what the production code is.

Edit to add: Oops, never mind.

Bill

surfj40 · Jun 2, 2020

Wow, what an acquisition!!

625-6 and 625-7. What do I have.

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