My First N Frame.

[jakk586]

Picked up my first N Frame yesterday, and thought I'd share. It's a 25-9 with a 6" barrel in 45 Colt. It's in amazing condition for a 18 year old gun, and I have a hard time finding evidence of it ever being fired more than a handful of times or carried at all. It came with a Galco Pheonix holster that looks to be unused.

I'm looking forward to working up some loads for it. All 6 chamber mouths mic'ed at .451, so it should be a real nice shooter. The blueing on my 586-1 is very dark, almost flat, whereas this thing is a more translucent blue that seems to be miles deep. All in all, I'm pleased as punch. This thing is definately a keeper

 

[Beaver]

Boy did you do a good job for your first N frame!! That is one of my favorite dream guns after buying and selling a 25-3. Great pick-up. I have a custom N frame in 45 Colt. I load bullets from RCBS Mold 270SAA. This mold makes a 270-285 gr. SWC, depending on alloy. I use 8-8.5 gr. of Power Pistol or Unique. Some recent articles in Handloader by Brian Pearce are a must read for his interpretation of modern 45 Colt handloads. You are going to have fun.

 

[SAA]

Nice find! One of my favorite calibers. There are a lot of good bullet/powder loads for this cal. I have found a good and accurate target/field load in either a single or double action in this caliber to be a bullet of 250 to 255 grains, and 8 to 8.5 grains of Unique powder. Sand bag it and sight in at 25 yds. You can get a little more speed out of 200 gr. bullets, but they will print lower if you are sighted in with 250 gr. bullets. After 50 yds, it's still very accurate, but some "Kentucky windage" will come into play. Just remember it's not a .44 magnum, so don't try to make a race horse out of it. Great gun and caliber.

 

[2hawk]

You did REAL well!

That's a beautiful gun, and it'll probably shoot lights out. Good Goin'!

 

[bgrafsr]

Very nice. I am looking for a Model 25 also in the range where S&W corrected the chambers to correct dimensions. If the 25-9 is pre MIM and lock, than I'll have to look for one.

 

[Vulcan Bob]

Ya done good with that one! Definitly post a range report.

 

[jakk586]

Very nice. I am looking for a Model 25 also in the range where S&W corrected the chambers to correct dimensions. If the 25-9 is pre MIM and lock, than I'll have to look for one.

According to my standard catalog, a -10 and earlier M25 should be MIM free. The -9 is when s&w did the endurance package on the M25.

I'll be sure to post a range report as i find or load some ammo for it.

I kinda thought I did okay, but it's nice to hear it confirmed. I paid $600, but i thought the grips and new Galco made it a decent deal, so i went ahead.

 

[tdan]

Good score on a rather uncommon gun. I wouldn't be surprised if the 25-9 series was one of the rarer N-frames in 45 Colt. While these were a catalogue item, the early 90's were an age of stainless steel fever. Blued guns just were not selling. I prefer the high polish blue and fluted cylinder of the 25-9's to that matte finish, unfluted cylinder of the 25-7's. I am of the opinion that these are a real sleeper as to collectability.