Question about .45ACP revolvers

[Breakaway500]

Mainly because of EZMoons I know own more 45acp revolvers than 38 special. The 625 Bank Note may be my favorite.

 

[robvious]

when you finally find your new toy... consider acquiring some Rimz.. they are a poly moon clip and are easy to load and unload.. range use only.. use metal moon clips for any "duty" work...

 

[sodacan]

45acp revolvers are my favorite shooters, and I wouldn't be without the BMT moonclip tool.

 

[Bullet Bob]

"I like to carry my Brazilian Contract gun in the woods, just think of is as a 5" Mountain Gun with a lanyard loop. My 625 is a "Model of 1989", and while still 5", it is much heavier."
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I believe the 1917's, including the Brazilian contract models, had 5.5" barrels. Small difference though.

I have one of the 2001-ish Heritage model 1917s, great gun. It's the bottom right one here, with Roy Fishpaw sambar stag grips, and resting in an El Paso Saddlery Patton holster:

 

[notsofast]

I have a S&W Brazilian Contract .45 acp and it’s a pleasure to shoot. I’m using Wilson full moon clips with that white plastic tricky dickey clip loader (can’t remember its name, three letters starting with a B) and that too works like a champ. I bring 2 maybe 3 pistols to the range with me and the .45 is always one of them and sometimes my 1933 Colt 1911. The Brazilian isn’t pretty, lots of cosmetic problems but it works so well.

 

[Sistema1927]

This TR 22-4 does it for me.

 

[Erich]

Isn’t that a K frame grip on that last one?

No, N-frame RB. Happy Independence Day!

 

[series guy]

Hard to beat a 625. Moonclips are the best invention ever.

 

[Toyman]

A 22-4 has TRR serial number but no TRR markings. I use RIMZ full moom clips and they work fine. Easy to remove the fired brass.

 

[jrc1]

625-3 3”4”5” 45 acp


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[gunsnrovers]

I was a moron and sold a 625-3 a long while ago but I still have these 3.

 

[BC38]

One other S&W option is the pre &post WWII Brazilian Contract of the M1917 revolver. All are marked 1937 under the crest. They run less than US Military 1917s.

When I got mine in the early 1980s, it was scratched all over! But about 25 years later most of the fine scratches blended in with the blue finish (The Parkerized [phosphate finish] guns will never do that). All 1917s including the BC guns left the factory with a blue finish. Many WWI guns were refinished before WWII as well as many BC gun after WWII with Parkerizing.

I like to carry my Brazilian Contract gun in the woods, just think of is as a 5" Mountain Gun with a lanyard loop. My 625 is a "Model of 1989", and while still 5", it is much heavier.

Ivan

My thoughts exactly.
If you are looking for a bargain shooter grade revolver set up for moon-clipped 45ACP, a Brazilian contract 1917 is probably your best bet.

 

[SmithSwede]

People like what they like. So I’m not trying to rain on anyone’s happiness. But in my own personal experience, I don’t care much for .45 ACP revolvers. I’ve never been able to see serious 50 yard accuracy. It is a great round in auto pistols like a tight 1911, but just doesn’t seem to be that great in a revolver, except as a wartime make-shift.

That goal is easy to achieve with a decent .44 Special. I don’t see anything a .45 ACP revolver can do better than a good .44.

I don’t know if that is true for .45 Colt. And if you are not picky about long range accuracy, then this doesn’t matter.

Just about any decent .38/.357 revolver can get deliver great accuracy. So I tend to like .38 and .44 for revolvers and shy away from .45 ACP.

Just my experience