45 ACP Revolver Options?

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I must admit I'm a huge fan of Taurus revolvers!
I do own a Tracker (in .357 Mag) which is sweet.

That said, if I were to buy a double action revolver in .45 ACP, it would be the S&W 625. Shot a buddy's 625 (4" barrel)....nice gun!!!

Another alternative, but unlikely to fit your needs, would be a Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt/.45 ACP convertable. Also nice, if you're into single action.
 
I think Freedom Arms has either a 454 or 45LC that they make a 45acp cylinder for.
I've often wished Freedom would make double action wheel guns.
 
S&W Current Production
-----------------------------
625 Pro Shop with 5 1/4" Bbl. Len. and
forged hammer and trigger.
625 JM - 4" Bbl. but not the full underlug
with JM wood grips.
22 - carbon steel blued with 4" tapered bbl.
and ejector shroud - fisxed rear sight, made up
to look like the 1950 Army.
22 Model of 1917 - same frame as the 22 above
S&W scrulpted the front of the frame ot look like
the pre-war N-frames chambered in .45 ACP/Auto RIm
The 1917 has a 5 1/2" Bbl. and a lanyard ring at the
base of the grip like the original M1917 built for WWI

Then the Scandium framed models
325 TR = Thunder ranch with a light rail
on the 4" Bbl.
325 PD same as TR but no light rail.
325 NG - Stainless Steel cyl. and 2 1/2" Bbl.
Cyl. & SLide extreme duty fixed rear sight. night
sight dot ramp front. pachmayr grips.

S&W Out of Production
Blued carbon steel w/square butt.
25 - S&W lists a 3" Model but it was a
Distribuor run of 300 for Lew Horton
Blued or Nickel Back in the 80s, gunsmith
Jovina also made some of these

25 aka 1955 Target, 6 1/2" Bbl. len.
with Target hammer, and Target Trigger with the
high polish blue finish. Most came in a wood
presentation case. adj. rear sight patridge front

1950 Target - the Bbl. is same len. as the 25 but
a bit slenderer adj. rear sightm patridge front

Pre-WWII - S&W changed from the long DA action
to a shorter DA action inner workings post WWII.

1937 Brazilian Contract. - Id'd by the Brazil crest
stamped into the RH side of the frame behind the
cylinder. Brazil contracted for 37,000 of these for thier
military.

M1917 - built for the doughboys of WWI, Mr. Smith
at S&W inveneted the moon clip for the rimless ACP
cartridge and some 150,000+ were built
The M1917 refers to the N-frame S&Ws as well as the
large frame Colt "New Service" revolvers chambered in
.45 ACP, and are stamped "Property of the US Gov."

and Post WWI, Colt stopped making the New Service,
but S&W kept making small numbers of the N-frame "M1917"
for the civilian market. 1920 marked the introduction of the
.45 AUto RIm cartridge in order to have ammo to use and not
have to use moon clips.

Randall
 
Guillermo,

I could not agree more. A model 25 Target 1955 just has to be in every revolver fans collection. If you ask me there is not a better 45acp revolver ever made.

45Cal-Model1955.jpg
 
Colt ceased New Service production in WW2, not WW1. Civilian models in 45 acp are pretty common, but usually pricier on the used market than a Smith n Wesson.

Those old Colts shoot shockingly well.

If I was buying NEW only, I'd go for the current SW 1917 model.
 
You do know taht you are replying to yet another three-plus year old thread resurrected from the dead by a first time poster (Post #24). Why, I continue to ask myself?
If I had a dollar for every one I've seen in the last year I'd go buy me a pre-lock M-625...
 
I've got one Colt M1917 and 2 S&W M1917s. The Colt and one of the S&Ws are both original, the 2nd S&W I picked up just a couple of weeks ago for slightly over $300. It had already been modified by a previous owner. The barrel had been cut down to about 3 1/2 inces, and what looks like the sight base for a sporting rifle put on, which covers the rollmark on the upper surface of the barrel -- or rather what's left of it, since cutting the barrel down would have cut that in half. It would be a good carry gun, except that whoever had the work done inexplicably put a sharp edged target sight on it, tailor made to catch on clothes. I bought the gun with the intention of changing the barrel for a 4 inch one, and putting a ramp sight on it, to make a replica of the revolver Harrison Ford carried in Raiders of the Lost Ark (and I'd never butcher one in original condition), but I kind of like the short barrel and sight base, so now I'm thinking I'll just change that target sight for a gold bead.
 
I know it's an old thread and I know most folks want double-action, but a Ruger Blackhawk convertible does everything I want a .45 acp revolver to do. Also the Cimarron Model P can be had with a .45 acp auxilary cylinder and so can the USFA SAA.
 
I'm really not a big Taurus fan. but these two 45acp's served me well. What I really like about them as they are K frame sized.
tauruss2.jpg
 
Any gun that can let me put 50 shots in a group like that at 15 yards is a keeper! Don't rule the pre-25's out, but they are expensive and pretty collectable!
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holy crap nice group. remind me not to piss you off :eek:
 
I could not agree more. A model 25 Target 1955 just has to be in every revolver fans collection. If you ask me there is not a better 45acp revolver ever made.
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I gotta agree as the S&W 1955 Target is a favorite of mine also. Got mine unfired but could not bear to keep it that way! Wonderful shooting revolver that really shines with lead handloads rather than the full metal jacket 45 ACP.
 
what is an M25?
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The Model 25 is an N-frame 6" or 6.5" (both barrel lengths were offered) six shot double action target revolver. It started as the Model 1950 45 Target with a 6.5" tapered barrel which in 1957 became the Model 26. In 1955, at the request of target shooters, Smith also introduce a heavy barrel version that was initially called the 45 Cal Model of 1955. It became the Model 25 in 1957.

Dave
 
I recently got my third .45 ACP double action revolver, a 625PC to go with my 625JM and 25-2.
 
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