Snub Nose 45 Colt ???

[Oyeboten]

Hi shoot2kill,

That is one lovely old Colt.

I would not change anything about it.

Mine, was pitted and had been roughly sanded on, and did not have a mellow honest 'patina' on it, or I would have left it be, even if maybe still going the modifications I did, if it had been mellow and 'grey' I would have left that be, and not re-blued it.

Recoil wise, mine is kinda hefty...seems to me anyway ( or to others who have shot it ).


I need to re-load for mine deferentially though, I just realized recently, since the Barrel Bore and Cylinder Bores are too large for .45 ACP as it usually is.

So...fatter Bullets for this one!

 

[mothermopar]

Would it be possible to have a model 25 chopped up to look similar to these 625-11's?! How about a 629 PC snubbie in 44 mag refitted to 45 Colt?!

What would be more efficient?! More plausible?!

I remember those. They did it with the 327 as well (still available).

 

[Lucky Derby]

For those considering the .45ACP to .45 colt conversion, S&W made a run of .45 colts with a cylinder the legnth of an ACP cylinder. M25-3. They work fine except with some ammo OAL was a problem. That's why they eventually made the 25-5 in .45 Colt. If you can find a 25-3 cylinder you can have it fit to your existing 25/625 and have interchangable cylinders to shoot both ACP and Colt ammo.

 

[goodtime]

I understand you specified Double Action, but this one is just plain bad:

http://www.usfirearms.com/cat/snubnose.asp

If someone already mentioned it, I missed it.

 

[mothermopar]

Goodtime,

Thanks for the link! Colt has their sheriff/storekeeper models too. They are nice, but I'm thinking DA. My SA will be a Colt SAA with a 5.5" barrel.

 

[Oyeboten]

I did load up some trial .45 Colt Cartridges for mine...mostly Black Powder, some '777', and, some using 10 Grains of 'Unique' and a 230 Grain 'SEACO' Full Wadcutter.

Clocked like 840-0dd FPS with the latter, which is not bad for a 2 inch Barrel.

I got scolded a little bit for this by wiser Heads, who felt my loading was a little too 'peppy'.


I pointed out, it was still at or below .45 ACP pressures, even if in a .45 Colt Cartridge, as the Revolver itself was intended for .45 ACP.

Nice recoil and report though! I really liked that loading...and I aspire to duplicate it's performance once onto loading .45 ACP for it.


The "SAECO" Bullets are about .453 and soft...so I imagine they behaved well.


Anyway, even though the .45 Colt Cartridges will chamber in mine's Tapered Bores, I will not re-load anything peppey with them anymore.

But, I will go onto seeing what I can do with .45 ACP Cases, or cut down .30-'06 Cases, and chubby Bullets...using Full Moon Clips.


I love a .45 DA 'Snubby' of any Make.

And with full, soft Wadcutters, I believe it would be a very respectable Carry and SD outfit, especially with healthy Loadings.

 

[pharmer]

If you decide to carry a Ruger Alaskan, you might as well go for one of these bad boys. It's lighter and will handle anything short of the +P Buffalo Bore heavies. Cheaper too. Joe

 

[Dr.Rob]

White Coyote, that's a fine looking New Service!

 

[FenderTK421]

I just wish that Marlin made a '94 or '95 in .454 Casull.

If you can live w/ the 1892 design, Puma offers a sweet little carbine in .454/.45lc. (at least they did, rumor has it they quit making them last January) I got mine as a companion for my own .454 Alaskan and love them both. Slickest little lever gun I have ever owned. Just had the double action trigger worked over by Wild West Guns on the Alaskan and will hopefully have time to try it out this weekend. 6 rounds of .454 on the hip and 10 more in the little carbine can make one a bit overconfident in bear country

 

[whitecoyote]

White Coyote, that's a fine looking New Service!

Thanks for the acolades. The Colt is a 1917 Army, cut down (same as the New Service).

 

[Oyeboten]

I do not know what happened, but the old M1917s did not used to be 93 years old!!!

They used to just be 'Used Guns'.

Lol...


Eeeeesh...

When I was in my teens, there were still a zillion WWI Vets around. Wearing their 'Gott Mit Uns' Belt Buckles, mowing their Lawns with Push Mowers with their sleeves rolled up and a Pall Mall dangling from their mouth, and just living normal lives like anyone.


Ohhhhh, tempus fugit

 

[mgkdrgn]

If you can live w/ the 1892 design, Puma offers a sweet little carbine in .454/.45lc. (at least they did, rumor has it they quit making them last January) I got mine as a companion for my own .454 Alaskan and love them both. Slickest little lever gun I have ever owned. Just had the double action trigger worked over by Wild West Guns on the Alaskan and will hopefully have time to try it out this weekend. 6 rounds of .454 on the hip and 10 more in the little carbine can make one a bit overconfident in bear country

What you heard is correct, they ain't makin 'em any more. When I heard they went out of production I hit every distributor I could find and bought up all I could find. (grand total of 10). Pity ... only "new" gun I've ever been able to make any money on. Have one myself fitted with a Skinner rear peep sight ... love it.