625-6

[bananaman]

Congratulations on a fine addition to the Family

That Cylinder release is one of the older designs from Hogue. I really like that one. My old 625 is even wearing a set of Hogue grips as well. It has been in this configuration for decades. I can not recall when they came out

I actually just came upon a 3" 625 that had been converted to DAO. The seller turned out to be 45 minutes west of me. So we did the deal a couple of weekends ago

I just finished replacing the hammer and trigger to get the 3" back to normal last night. It has wood grips back on it and I need to snap some photos to post

NICE! My favorite Hogue stocks! The grip cap looks neat to me. Bob

 

[Dale53]

What weight bullet are you using?

My primary bullet is the Mihec correct copy of the H&G #68. This bullet not only shoots extremely well in both my 1911's and 625's it will feed well in nearly all 1911's. When H&G developed this bullet they designed it to have the same strike point in the pistol chamber as the original hardball. Many "pretenders" do not have this very desirable characteristic.

Further, I have used this bullet extensively in small game hunting and it does a superb job.

In the revolver, I have also used the Lyman Keith 452424 250 gr. SWC ahead of 7.0 grs. Of Unique for a velocity of 900 fps. Believe me, that is an effective load at reasonable ranges.

Dale53

 

[WPWarhawk]

NO

These are more like stainless versions of the1950 .45 Target Model

Actually, my 625-8 is marked MODEL OF 1989 on the right side of the barrel.

 

[colt_saa]

Actually, my 625-8 is marked MODEL OF 1989 on the right side of the barrel.

WPWarhawk,
I think that you took my response out of context

mrstang01 had asked "These are the commercial versions of the 1917, correct? "

The 1917 is a fixed sight revolver with a tapered barrel that were first offered for sale roughly a hundred years ago. So I told him NO in comparison to the Model 1917.

I tried to say that these are more like a stainless version of the 1950 .45 Target Model

The 1955 Target model had adjustable sights and a heavy barrel which became the Model 25 back in 1957. The 625 is obviously the modern stainless brother to the carbon steel Model 25

As you see we were referencing two revolvers that are well over half a century old. Years before Smith and Wesson even unveiled it's first stainless steel revolver.

 

[Doug M.]

My recollection is that the 1950 had a lighter barrel, at least compared to the 1955, which is what became the M25. I think the 1950 became the relatively short-lived M26. The full lug barrel variants of the .45 ACP don't really have a comparable old school counterpart. I really don't care for the full lug barrels for many reasons, but my Lew Horton 625-6 (stolen over 7 years ago and finally coming back to me this week) was one heck of a shooter and likely the best built revolver I have ever encountered.