Questions about 625-9

[.41magfan]

One of my comrades has one he wants to sell and I'm trying to help him determine the potential value. The -9 isn't listed in my 4th Edition of the Catalog and I see very few mentions on the web. The Product Code is 160932 and the gun was made is 2005.

The gun is configured like a typical Mtn Gun, but it isn't marked as such. The barrel marking on the left side is engraved, not etched, and the barrel is not marked on the right side.

*Sights were changed by the Performance Center. It came with standard Mtn Gun sights.

Anyone have anything useful to add?

 

[StrawHat]

Which cartridge does it chamber?

Kevin

 

[.41magfan]

Which cartridge does it chamber?

Kevin

It's chambered in .45 Colt

 

[BB57]

GP completed sales for actual mountain guns in excellent but fired condition without boxes, etc range from around $750-$1200.

There are plenty of them listed at higher prices but they didn't sell.

An unfired specimen with box and hang tags can sell in the $1900-$2200 range.

Based on your description it sounds like it may bring $750-$900.

 

[StrawHat]

It's chambered in .45 Colt

A large group of folks like that cartridge, almost a cult like following. So, that should make it easier to sell.

The sights are what they are. I like the McGivern bead with a black rear sight but they are easily changed by the end user. Same with the rubber grips.

In this area, $1000-$1100 is where they sell. People ask more but they sell in that range.

If it were 45 ACP, it would have my interest.

Kevin

 

[serger]

TK Custom milled my cylinder for moon clips.
It runs great. Only down side is having to use
their moon clips if I don't want to file down ones
I have from UniqueTek for the other 45 ACP
revolvers.

 

[robvious]

it's odd, check page 304 of the 4th Edition... 160932 4" S 6SH RB Mountain Gun, Cocobola Grips - Bangers Special... but that is the same code as my 625-9 Mountain gun with rubber grips... could the "etching" have been buffed off?

 

[.41magfan]

it's odd, check page 304 of the 4th Edition... 160932 4" S 6SH RB Mountain Gun, Cocobola Grips - Bangers Special... but that is the same code as my 625-9 Mountain gun with rubber grips... could the "etching" have been buffed off?

Thanks for that .... I inadvertently found that notation after I made this post.

The gun was bought from an FFL and was reportedly "Brand New" with the S&W monogrammed Hogue grips. The few pics of -9's I've found on the web all have the Hogue grips as well.

The barrel marking is odd. It's certainly possible it could have been removed or it may simply have been omitted by S&W. I do know that S&W has released transition variations that have never been catalogued or repeated in large numbers.

For example, I found this pic on the web of a gun with the same Product Code, but this one has a plated hammer & trigger and a Matte finish.

2005 Smith & Wesson 625-9 .45 Colt Stainless 4" *ULTRA RARE MOUNTAIN GUN* - Bryant Ridge

Here's another odd-ball with a Product Code I couldn't find in the Catalog with a cursory look .... 150362. It's a -9 with a large etched logo on the sideplate.


I appreciate all the feedback. The gun is listed on a local Forum and its worth - like all things - will ultimately be determined by what someone is willing to pay for it.

 

[dogdoc]

Those laser etchings are fairly easy to polish off. I bet that is what happened. That is a dead ringer for my 45 colt mountain gun (without etching. I have a couple of etched smiths where the markings are very faint from aggressive cleaning (not by me but before I got them)

 

[HamHands]

Those laser etchings are fairly easy to polish off. I bet that is what happened. That is a dead ringer for my 45 colt mountain gun (without etching. I have a couple of etched smiths where the markings are very faint from aggressive cleaning (not by me but before I got them)

I have a 3" M629-5 Mountain Back Packer that "Has" kinda-still from the previous owner I presume that aggressively cleaned the etching off...

It's a rather nice theme/setting in the etching with a Brown/Grizzly Bear pawing thru a mountainous setting in-between Douglas Fir Tree's... I wish it was engraved into the frame instead of the weak "etching..." It's a really cool pic.

-Hams