How about a Mountain Gun thread?

[tbury]

625-9 Mountain gun in .45 colt with round to square conversion grips. One of the sweetest shooting N-frames I have.

Favorite load 8gr of Unique behind a 255gr RNFP from Penn bullets. This load speaks pretty loud without the recoil and flame of heavier charges of unique.

 

[myanof]

This has been a really good thread. I posted a pic of my MG earlier in the thread, but I wanted to request that you add info on favorite loads for your MG. I noticed some have mentioned loads, but I would like to see more. I shoot two loads in mine. My purpose in buying the MG was to carry when Fly Fishing in Colorado in case Mama bear stumbled on my path or visa versa. Therefore for practice I shoot 240gr Hard Cast SWC over 7.5gr of Unique. For Mama bear I load with 300gr hard cast or Speer FP Bonded over a max load of 296. The 300gr is horrible to shoot in a MG, but probably not as fierce as mama bear. Thanks

 

[Roger Norris]

I have my MG posted in classifieds, looking to trade my .44 MG for a .45LC MG.

 

[Joed49]

Originally posted by myanof:
Therefore for practice I shoot 240gr Hard Cast SWC over 7.5gr of Unique. For Mama bear I load with 300gr hard cast or Speer FP Bonded over a max load of 296. The 300gr is horrible to shoot in a MG, but probably not as fierce as mama bear. Thanks

The only thing I've shot in mine is the 250gr Keith with 7.5 gr of Unique. Any more then that and it is hard on the web of my hand.

I will admit with the new grips it's much better.

In addition to the .44 I also own a stainless version in .45 Colt. For some reason the rubber grips on this gun don't hurt me.

The load for the .45 Colt is a Lyman 255 gr Keith style and 8.5 gr of Unique. I also own a 265 gr Ballisti Cast mold that makes an even better bullet. But the mold never cools off and I sell 100% of what I make with it.

One day I will get to try that 265 gr bullet.

 

[Muley Gil]

In addition to the .44 I also own a stainless version in .45 Colt. For some reason the rubber grips on this gun don't hurt me.

That's because your .44 Special load is about 100-150 fps faster than your .45 Colt load with approximately the same weight bullet. The .45 Colt is a BIG case.

 

[Joed49]

Originally posted by Muley Gil:
That's because your .44 Special load is about 100-150 fps faster than your .45 Colt load with approximately the same weight bullet. The .45 Colt is a BIG case.

I thought I calculated them being closer then that. May have to recheck my math.

Been thinking of upping the .45 load to 9.0 gr of Unique too.

Also have to say that I've found the .44 to be more accurate then the .45 Colt.

 

[sasu]

Mountain Gun porn.

 

[NONEYA]

I own two 686 Mountain Guns. Here is a picture of one of them.

 

[Nanook 450]

686-3 w/ Mountain Gun Barrel and night sights . . .

 

[one eye joe]

Hi all of you Mt. Gunners, I own a 686-Plus, a 625 and a 629. Only the 629 has a lock. They all carry Hi-Viz front sights and Eagle Classic rosewood grips. I can't seem to locate them in the "Blue Book of Gun Values" They're all in 98+% condition. Any ideas as to what they might be worth ? Someone told me that the 686-Plus is scarce in an MG. Is that true ? I'll post pics when I figure out how. Thanks.......one eye joe

 

[andyo5]

Nanook and Joe, Where did you get your hi visibility sights?

 

[Nanook 450]

Meprolite . . . they are not recommended for the Mountain Gun Barrel, set as low as possible, that gun shoots about 2 inches high at 30 yards - I like it like that. I have at least 6 sets of them, they drop into the factory rear sight and fit the front just fine.

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewp...productnumber=489909

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewp...productnumber=687532

 

[Nanook 450]

Originally posted by one eye joe:
Hi all of you Mt. Gunners, I own a 686-Plus, a 625 and a 629. Only the 629 has a lock. They all carry Hi-Viz front sights and Eagle Classic rosewood grips. I can't seem to locate them in the "Blue Book of Gun Values" They're all in 98+% condition. Any ideas as to what they might be worth ? Someone told me that the 686-Plus is scarce in an MG. Is that true ? I'll post pics when I figure out how. Thanks.......one eye joe

Yes, the 686 plus (7 shot) Mountain Gun is hard to come by, if you decide to sell and your's is 98% I'd give you $600 for it.

 

[one eye joe]

Hey andyo5, I got my Hi-Viz sights from Midway for about $30. They work on K,L and N frames and pick up available light unlike Meprolites. The Hi-Viz sight WONT help you in a dark port of an indoor range, or in a dark bedroom against an intruder. Not enough ambient light to light up the tube. They work great in well lit environments and outdoors. I tried to cut & paste them to you. I'm a computer novice, so I hope it works.........one eye joe http://www.midwayusa.com/Searc...i-Viz%20sights____-_

 

[andyo5]

Got it, Joe. Thanks for the warning about low light conditions.
Andy

 

[ruyzho]

New to the forum and I thought this would be a good place to start. Here's my 686+ MG.

 

[noshow]

I was thinking about getting a pair of those 60 Pro grips also. Where and how did you find them? I assume they fit a round butt and have a partially covered backstrap.

Originally posted by whelenshooter:
Roger Norris,
Do you know the exact SKU number for your revolver? If we can get that, we might be able to ask Smith & Wesson if they have any of the grips that came on your Mountain Gun still in stock. (It helps them look it up if they have the SKU from the gun.) Your grips are really great, and I'd love to have at least one set of those to put on one of my Smith & Wessons.

I recently purchased three sets of the grips that come on the S&W Model 60 Pro-series, and I'm about to buy a fourth set. (One set for my wife's 5-inch Model 60, another set for her 5-inch Model 63, and a third for my 3-inch Model 60. The fourth set are intended for my older 4-inch round butt Model 34.) The grips on your gun are close in shape to the Pro series model 60 grips, so I think they might be really nice on another N-Frame gun. I'd sure like to give them a try anyway.

Thank you for posting a photo of your mountain gun! It is beautiful!

 

[Stainz]

My 625MGs in .45 Colt:

The top one is the 625-7 my wife bought new for me seven years ago this August. It was my first S&W. The lower one, a 625-6, was a LN trade for a SS Bisley .45. Great fun - super plinkers. I keep a speedloader (HKS #25-5) loaded with Speer 250gr Gold Dots (Low speed #4484 bullets.) so it can double as a house/Jeep gun.

I replaced my 629MG with a regular 4" 629 as it has a larger hammer and trigger and replaces the black/black sights with an orange ramp/white outline sight line-up - and non-tapered barrel - at only two ounces more. Also, it has the roll-marked barrel vs the laser-marked barrels of the MGs - which wear away!

Stainz

 

[Philblack]

Originally posted by J Dzurinda:
Kind of unique as it seems to have an extra screw that I haven't seen on to many of these. Any idea why S&W did this?

Could be a reedition, some "Classic" ?

 

[akjaeger]

This Mountain Gun addiction of mine is getting expensive, just picked up a LNIB 625-6 in .45 Colt.
Dandy gun, pre-lock, pre MIM.
Haven't shot it yet, but will today!