MODEL 25 QUESTION

I have fired a lot of 255 gr slugs with 18.5 gr of 2400 and years ago when I had maximumidus, used to use 20 gr with the bullet crimped in front of the first band so it fit in a 25-3. Never had the cylinder come unlocked either to rotate or come open.

If you need the endurance package on a S&W 45 Colt you are pressing your gun and luck way to hard.

NOT saying the improvements are a bad thing. Just saying if your shooting loads in a 44 mag or 45 colt that they are actually needed to have the gun function correctly your might end up with issues other than the cylinder opening or rotating under recoil.
 
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If I were to buy another model 25, I think I would actually WANT an early 25-5. There is just something about a pinned barrel, and IMHO the finish on the newer models simply does not compare.

They don't get much prettier than this. Mine is a mid-series M25-5, 1980 vintage.
 

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