A 25-5 Shows Up at the Show Yesterday

[Retired W4]

An old friend was helping someone he knows clear out an estate and this was among the guns. I had to replace the hammer (all that drama in The Smithing section). As usual my photography skills don't do it justice. I wanted a full target hammer but this will have to do.

 

[bananaman]

Nice gun with nice wood! Congratulations! Bob

 

[duke2002]

Very nice. Love my 25.

 

[Drm50]

I only have one 25-5 left. When I got down to keeping one of each model I kept the 83/8". This is later model than OPs.
Non pinned barrel and front sight. I would gravitate toward the 6" pinned but the 83/8" is one of those cherries that seem to outshot the others.
I pay little attention to the issue of diameter of cylinder bores. I shoot all DIY cast, soft as possible. So long as cylinder bores isn't smaller than barrel there is no issue. Of coarse I'm not hot rodding the loads either. For Target and the 250gr traditional RNFP is perfectly capable of taking deer.

 

[Model29-26.5]

Great! I'll bet you got a sweet deal on it, too.
Very nice

 

[cp1969]

I had a Model 25 .45 Colt once upon a time but let it get away from me. Reason being, I also had a .45 Colt Blackhawk (1975? issue; it had countersunk chambers) and loaded hotter loads for it than I wanted to get in the M25.

Big Mistake.

 

[KertP]

Purchased mine (a 4") in 1977 via a friend of mine who had his FFL. Was the second S&W that I had purchased (first was a Model 60). Served duty as our home defense until replaced in that capacity by a M&P 40. IMNSHO, the 25-5 was and is still the best revolver that S&W has ever made. My kids will get to fight over mine someday...

 

[jack the toad]

Congrats on the -5.
I like mine. I'm down to 3 and not planning to go any less.
N prefix -5
Alpha numeric -5
Alpha numeric -9
All 3 have proper cylinder charge hole size.
One of the -5's modded for moon clips.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Congrats. Nice looking gat with nice furniture.

 

[Abbotson]

Congrats on the -5.
I like mine. I'm down to 3 and not planning to go any less.
N prefix -5
Alpha numeric -5
Alpha numeric -9
All 3 have proper cylinder charge hole size.
One of the -5's modded for moon clips.

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Congrats on the -5.
I like mine. I'm down to 3 and not planning to go any less.
N prefix -5
Alpha numeric -5
Alpha numeric -9
All 3 have proper cylinder charge hole size.
One of the -5's modded for moon clips.

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From everything I can find the -9 was only made for a few months July-ish to December(?) in 1990. Another rare one from
S&W. I kinda miss mine.

 

[Model29-26.5]

Completed my 25 set ..
But I'm feeling a second 4" blue..

 

[Legendarylawman]

Congrats on the -5.
I like mine. I'm down to 3 and not planning to go any less.
N prefix -5
Alpha numeric -5
Alpha numeric -9
All 3 have proper cylinder charge hole size.
One of the -5's modded for moon clips.

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Learning. School me on above in red??

Thanks, Carl

 

[Goony]

Here's mine, nothing remarkable, "N" prefix dating to 1981 or so.

 

[USSR]

Learning. School me on above in red??

The early 25's had a reputation for large throats (.455/.456") in their cylinders.