How about a Mountain Gun thread

[Plottman Pops]

I'll start it off with mine



Top Right 686-5 .357 mag
Top Left 629-2 Mtn Revolver .44 mag
2nd Right 629-4 .44mag
2nd Left 657-4 .41 mag
Bottom 625-6 .45 acp

[j38]

I've posted this 686+ Mtn. Gun before - but I do love this revolver. It has a very smooth trigger and I can shoot it as well as any S&W I own.

Regards, Jerry

[s&wchad]

629 Mountain Revolver

[Bwilli88]

My K and J frame Mt Guns
Or what they could have been.

[doublesharp]

396 Mountain Lite 44spl

[Mickey D]

25-7 .45 Colt

[feralmerril]

I axe you, wassa difference tween muh 4" 24-3 and a mountain gun?

[Plottman Pops]

feralmerril, other than not having Mountain Gun on the barrel (neither does the 629-2 Mountain Revolver) I don't see any difference

The mod 24 and the mod 624 4"ers are on my list!


Mickey D, 625 in 45 Colt no lock is the next on my list. I hope to find one as nice as yours

[Nygma]

I've posted these pics before, but here goes anyway:

686-5 MG


657-4 MG


629-4 MG


625-6, 45 ACP MG


625-6 45 Colt MG


... and FWIW, a 624, no dash


Group shot

[sprscientist]

w/ Kim Ahrends conversion grips in cocobolo


w/ Don Collins round butt combat grips in corion

[Frank V]

Feralmerril, The name? Very nice sixgun. Are those real Ivorys? The .44 Special is one of my favorites! Frank

[Mickey D]

Originally posted by feralmerril:
I axe you, wassa difference tween muh 4" 24-3 and a mountain gun?

I 'bleave the dif'france is the taper'd burl.

[SuperMan]

...no, it's the round butt...

A friends 625 with night sights..



My 657 with night sights...





629s...



...another 657...my favorite shooter..



The MGs are probably the best all-around gun S&W ever made..


Bob

[andyo5]

Wouldn't my 4" M28-2 qualify as a mountain gun? It is a 4" N-frame and lacks only the words on the barrel.

[thomasinaz]

My old standby 625-6 45 Colt. With night sights and Speer Gold Dot 250's it's a good one!

[Beans]

The four horsemen

625-5 MG 45 ACP
625-7 MG 45 Colt
657-4 MG 41 Mag
629-4 MG 44 mag

All Pre IL
Photos at

http://smith-wessonforum.com/eve/for...4351099582/p/1

[feralmerril]

Plotman & mickey. No thats faux ivory from eagles. Wish I had paid extra for the medelians now. Micky, it does have the tapered burl.

Merril werch

[Tom M]

I just have one, this 29-8. I put a regular 29 front sight on it, along with a Millett w/o rear. Also some Eagle "Heritage" grips. I think it makes a nice package.

[dcj10]

I only got two 41 magnum Mountain guns.

[stiab]

I only got two 41 magnum Mountain guns.

dc, nice guns...did you have the RR installed on the one on the right, or did it come that way? I'm thinking about having WO RR added to my 625-6 MG, thanks...

[dcj10]

I ordered the Red Ramp and White Outline from S&W back when they still offered the RR. I had to drill the pin hole for the front blade and completely replace the rear windage adjustment screw along with the WO, but it was well worth the effort. You can still get the WO, but not the RR. I am now looking for a gunsmith to do the RR on the left one that would look factory.
-Donn

[Stainz]

My two .45 Colt 625MGs - top, my first-ever S&W, an '01 production -7 bought new by my wife for me 8/02. Bottom - a -6 I traded for several years ago.



And, apologies to the squeamish, my beloved 629MG, bought new 11/02, after it's worst-ever day at the range. Totally my fault, too. S&W sold me a standard 4" 629 for a song - and returned the one still-useful part - the barrel.



I could still get sob over that! I was lucky - no, blessed.

Stainz

[feralmerril]

What happened? No, never mind!

[mm6mm6]

Not a Mountain Gun in name, but truly a mountain gun in spirit...624:

[Plottman Pops]

Anyone have a complete list of Mountain Gun
Models, dashs, dates, etc or a source that I can accsess?
For the life of me I can't find the one I had or remember where I got it.

Thanks

[Bob79]

Here's a couple of pics of my 686 Mountain Gun. I no longer have two though, sold one of em', but I'll be hanging on to the other!

[jefats]

The whole enchilada.....

[sza]

My 629-2:

[jimmyjoe]

Here's a 625-6 Mountain Gun.....
[IMG][/IMG]

[stiab]

I am now looking for a gunsmith to do the RR on the left one that would look factory.

dc, thanks for the info. There is a gunsmith in Raleigh NC that does the RR inserts, think I will give him a try.

Stainz, glad you were not hurt, sorry the S&W was!

[RobO]

657 MG and 3" little brother:

[Lasertech]

My 625-9

[BobK]

Whoa guys! What is, actually the definition of Mountain Gun? What are the features that it must have?
Seems to me that S&W can simply put the words on the barrel....Mt. Gun on anything they want.
MY definition is a gun that is compact, light, easy to carry, quick to get into action, with a shorter barrel, a powerdul cartridge, durable grips for a good grip when wet, muddy, dry...... or anywhere in between. It's not a fancy gun....it's a working gun!!! An all around gun that's always around, for any situation.
By MY definition, I think my M-66-1
2 1/2" .357 Mag definitely qualifies. Maybe the lower limit of powerful cartridges.....it's up from there. But, it's definately compact with the K/L frame.
I don't really see the N frame as compact, but, I guess with the .41 and .44 Mag need it. Maybe with the shorter barrels...like less than 4". Well, I guess it's my definition...... Bob

[jefats]

I'm with RobO

[JayDubya]

So, a "Mountain Gun" is a "Mountain Gun" because it has "Mountain Gun" engraved on its barrel? Always wondered what a "Mountain Gun" was. Now I know.
Cordially, Jack

[BobK]

Doesn't anyone know what makes a Mt. Gun .....a Mt. Gun??? Is it just a sales gimick? I don't buy into the PD "Personal Defense" line of ****, either!!!! Any gun that you use for PD.......is a "Personal Defense" gun!!!

It never ceases to amaze me, how a a 3" or 5" barrel on any gun, suddenly makes it a "Colector's Item", and worth hundreds of dollars more. S&W sure knows how to brainwash the gun collectors!!!!

To me, a revolver is a useful tool, that can also be pretty. It's condition determines it's value........NOT some oddity in it's makeup. Bob

[mm6mm6]

It's the 4" tapered barrel. The .44 magnum with a much lighter barrel for carrying "in the mountains" was the idea. Then there was a desire for a version if .45 Colt and then other calibers.

Not really a marketing gimmick, but a genuinely created gun for a certain market that cried out for it.

[Plottman Pops]

+1 mm6mm6

I carried a 629 4" from 1981 till 1989 when I got my first 629-2 Mountain Revolver. What a difference it made especially chasing a pack of bear hounds around the mountains.
After I got my first Mountain Gun I never was satisfied with anything else. I guess I was part of the market that cried out for it and am glad S&W listened

[medxam]

How about a list of all of the mountain guns made by S&W excluding PC models. My 625 LC is one of my sweetest. After seeing the pics, I think that I want to collect more of them.

medxam

[tdan]

Doesn't anyone know what makes a Mt. Gun .....a Mt. Gun???

Besides having Mountain Gun on the right side of the barrel, MG's have the following characteristics:

4" lightweight tapered barrel
Round butt frame
Black ramp front sight with black rear
smooth combat trigger
.400 semi-target hammer
front edge of the cylinder is beveled

I believe this covers the bases on what makes up a MG.......not to mention the fact that these guns are pretty much the lightest steel frame version of their respective models.

My 629-4 MG was my first and would probably be my only handgun(if limited to one) due to the versatility of the 44Mag cartridge. That said, it would be painful to part with either my 625-4 Springfield Armory Commemorative 45ACP or my 625-6 in 45 Colt. Don't think for a minute that those "skinny" 4 inch barrels cannot shoot!

[DWS]

my next handgun will be a 44 MG.....I hope

[Plottman Pops]

medxam, There is a list of all models / dashs / variations / out there but i can't puy my hands on the one I had sure wish I could

[Nygma]

Originally posted by tdan:
Besides having Mountain Gun on the right side of the barrel, MG's have the following characteristics:

Black ramp front sight with black rear

FWIW, some, if not all of the 686 MG were shipped with white outline rears.

[S.B.]

I'd like to go shooting with you guys sometime, with all those little bitty grips and real magnum loads?

[Wayne02]

I like the mountain guns if no other reason than the tapered barrel/half ejector shroud. I think they look, handle, and carry better than the full underlug 686.

However, I was under the impression that a mountain gun could be had in a 5" barrel? Or are they all 4".

Also, what is the sequence with the dash numbers on these guns? Is there a dash number that has no mim parts and the integral cylinder stop (the old style)?

Thanks

[Plottman Pops]

Wayne02, Every MG I ever saw is a 4"

The 686-5 with Prod. Code 104200 MG doesn't have the IL it does have MIM Hammer and Trigger

Hope that helps.

[tdan]

Thought I would give this tread a bump, as I recently acquired a 686+-5 MG. As another poster noted, my version came with a WO rear sight, plus the front of the cylinder is not beveled like the one's on my N-frame MG's.

Some initial observations:

This is my first Smith with a frame-mounted firing pin and the "much maligned by some" MIM parts. Upon internal inspection, I noticed that the rebound slide was black to boot. First Smith that I have had that had a rebound slide finished like this......another MIM part? That said, the internal frame of this gun has the least amount of tool marks of any that I can remember, virtually zero. This is a nicely crafted piece. Say what you want about the MIM guns, but everything on this revolver is nicely fitted. Installed a 14lb.rebound spring, a little tweak to the factory mainspring, and minimal polishing got me a nice smooth 7lb. 12oz DA pull. The trigger is a wider version of the smooth combat trigger that is on my older N-frame MG's. It's kind of like a smooth target, so the jury is still out on this, as I am used to those smooth .312" combat triggers. Hopefully, this gun is a shooter. Too bad this version of the MG came out after Bill Jordan passed........I'm betting he would have been more than pleased to ride the river with this 7 shooter!

[BlackAgnes]

Of course, the 629-2 Mountain Revolver doesn't say "Mountain Gun" on it anywhere--which is why I own one! ;-)

...maybe I could get S&W to laser-etch "SIX TIMES" in great big letters on the side....

...or maybe, "Tactical". Yeah, that's the ticket!

Seriously--those are grips from the .500 magnum, and a sling swivel stud replaces the Hogue screw in case I want to tie a lanyard to it.

Tim

[BusMaster007]

I'm thinking the Mountain Gun might be my choice for the first S&W I get...
Love the lines of the 4" and tapered bbl.

[Hoytshooter]

Before I do something dumb, does anyone know if any of the Mt Guns came with ported barrels? I have a 625-6, at least I think it is -6 could be -5, Mt Gun in 45 Colt which is ported and I want to know if it might possibly have come that way.