Want a DA 45acp revolver

[foxtrapper]

Is the s&w 625 the only one out there? How do you folks feel about the 625 JM model?

[AxeHandle]

There are the old Colts but for my $$$s the N frame S&W is the only option. In addition to the 625s there are the blue steel model 25s that were made for the pocket pool shooters. Had an opportunity to shoot a S&W 25 that was originally a 45 Colt but had a custom ACP cylinder in it. It was NICE. Personally currently play with a JM and a PC 625. Both are nice guns. Actually paid more for the JM version. The PC guns have better action parts in them. I put the Power Custom tool steel trigger and Wilson spring kit in my JM. The PC gun doesn't need the trigger or springs. Cylinder on the JM is longer. S&W sells a front sight set for them. My current grip preference is the Hogue. FWIW I'm thinking I will ask Alan Harton to make me a 45 Colt DW.

[sheriff]

I've got the S&W 625 PC model. I'm keeping it. In the FWIW category, Fermin, aka 2Dogs, had a 625 PC that wasn't a good one.....

[jsh]

The PC is what the JM should be, or for that matter all of the ACP guns.
What kind of issues did Fermin have with his?
Jeff

[AmmoHouse]

I love my 625JM and have been using it in IDPA for years...I wouldn't sell this gun.

[kelye]

I found a Smith 25-2 at a gun show a few years ago, and sent it off to Hamilton Bowen. He shortened the barrel to 4" and put a new sight on and blued the gun. It has some stag stocks on it now, and it's a looker. Kelye

[oregon45]

Any pictures Kelye? Sounds like a cool gun.

[boxhead]

Dec 3, 2014 10:13:35 GMT -5 foxtrapper said:

Is the s&w 625 the only one out there? How do you folks feel about the 625 JM model?

Can't help you with the 625 but I really enjoy my M25-2 with AR brass and the Lyman #452664
250 gr as cast from Western Bullet Co.

[AxeHandle]

FWIW Alan says he is up for making a 45 Colt out of a 44 Mag Dan Wesson. Bet he could do a 45 ACP on one too!

[2 Dogs]

Dec 4, 2014 7:08:32 GMT -5 jsh said:

The PC is what the JM should be, or for that matter all of the ACP guns.
What kind of issues did Fermin have with his?
Jeff

There is a thread on it somewhere. Long and short of it was that it never would shoot for crap despite two trips back to Smith and a bit of firelapping.

[AxeHandle]

For the time and effort that Fermin put into his PC 625 his dollars would have been much more productive having a nice custom N frame 45 ACP revolver built. The 25-5 built into a 45 ACP gun I ran into last year was a work of art. Custom cylinder was properly chambered like the FA cylinders are. My taper crimped handloads did not need moon clips to properly headspace like my JM and PC 625s and every factory 45 ACP S&W revolver I've ever held do. A nice stainless or blue N frame would be a good starting point.