.45 ACP Revolver Picture Thread (All Models)

[GCF]

A Model 25-2 with a Red Post front sight:

Exquisito!

 

[GCF]

Nuthin' fancy...

625-3

 

[GCF]

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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Very classy, if you don't mind me sayin'...

 

[punxsutawneypete]

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.

 

[james56]

US Gov. 1917 shipped 1918

 

[ladder13]

625-3

Colt SAA

 

[DCWilson]

Very classy, if you don't mind me sayin'...

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.)

 

[steamloco76]

Updated with a 6 1/2 inch M25-2

Latest addition. Model of 1917 22-4 Classic

Model 625-8 wearing Performance Center Grips

Thunder Ranch Model 22-4

Ruger Blackhawk Convertible 45LC/45ACP 4 5/8ths inch with Herrett Shooting Star stocks. Great fun to shoot!

 

[Bello]

I love this thread!

 

[Qball]

No 25-3 ?

I had mine cut for moonclips and used 250grains handloaded ACP.
Worked like a charm
Drilled and mounted a ramp and a red dot on it to.
Upset a few here in Sweden i might ad

Unfortunatly sold it some time ago.

Wish i could find a beater 1917 to use instead.

 

[ENH]

 

[ENH]

 

[David Sinko]

625-4 with 2" barrel installed.

625-4 3" full lug.

625-4 SAC Mountain Gun.

 

[tejano]

Customized 625 and 25-12 Heritage 1917

The 625 was a 5" model of 1988. It was cut to 4" and converted to DAO by SDM Fabricating in 2004. The 25-12 sports Spegal grips.

 

[Realzebub45]

I'm sorry, did you say SDM 4" conversion?

or the little adopted bro'.

 

[tejano]

Below is what Scott Mulkerin did to my 625. I replaced the Miculek grips recently.

DAO conversion with trigger job and overtravel stop
Shorten barrel to 4" recrown and install Weigand interchangeable front sight base.
Competition chamfer on cylinder...holes numbered
Polish...trigger,hammer,screws,thumb latch and ejector rod
Millet rear sight ( your choice of white outline or plain black )
SDM Gold bead front sight and SDM Super Sight ( Red or Green )
Miculek Competition Grips

 

[bubbajoe45]

625 JM

 

[LOBO]

before,

after,

 

[TAROMAN]

Sweet!
Was that a DIY job?
Enquiring minds want to know...

 

[Tom C]

How did you get a 5" 25-2? Custom job?

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.

 

[LOBO]

Sweet!
Was that a DIY job?
Enquiring minds want to know...

A couple of years ago I picked up this 625-4 .45 acp with the 5" full underlugged barrel. It shot great, but it was just too nose heavy for my taste.

Wanting a lighter gun, I found a Mountain Gun barrel from Midway USA. I sent my gun to Frank at LSG Manufacturing in Texas. LSG has been an authorized Smith & Wesson warranty station for 32 years so I knew they could do the job.

The gun had a matte finish while the barrel was a bright stainless. To get the two parts to match they had to bead blast everything which resulted in a finish that could pass for factory. I am more than pleased with how Frank at LSG handled the work on my gun.

 

[Doug M.]

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?

 

[Imaposer]

Not a real artsy pic, but here's one I snapped at the range yesterday. Love a nice and dirty revolver!

4" 625-3 with cordia retro banana Ahrends on left, 3" 66-4 with Badger's on right.

 

[tommy F]

Some of my favorites!!

 

[bluongo]

How about a .45acp Heavy Duty

 

[Lou_NC]

I'll see that and raise you one

 

[Tom C]

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You ever decide to put that on the market, I'd like a PM/email. How are the chamber dimensions?

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.

 

[jughed440]

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.

 

[Double-O-Dave]

Here is my Model 625-3 with a new reflex sight I just mounted on it last night. I can't wait to try it out - I plan on using it for a Steel Challenge gun.

Regards,

Dave

 

[Doug M.]

I now have my Bowen project gun in hand. It was a 629-4, which I had converted to 45ACP. Bowen did all the cool stuff he does to a conversion. I just got it Thursday night, and managed to get a few rounds through it Friday. No photos yet, and I am not sure when I will get to shoot it again, but I am looking forward to it.