Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns SMITH & WESSON 25-7 MODEL OF 1989, .45 Colt

here is a hog shot.

He looks pretty dead. Good hog.

You done good.

DF

255 grain Hornady XTP at 1000 fps works well. The shot was right at 40 yards.

Mine is a 25-7, unfluted cylinder, .45 Cal. Model of 1989 on the right side of the barrel. Matte finish.

Good shot, pretty long for a handgun.

Good bullet, good hog....

DF

This is what the OP is describing.
Buy that S&W if you can afford it.
You’ll never regret it!

Dirtfarmer, it helped when he did not move after I missed the first shot.

Whoops.

You didn’t have to admit that!

Ha!

Well he’s still a good hog.

DF

I concur, by that firearm now!

frog----OUT!

Yeah, he may not get another chance as those are scarce.

I was fortunate to trade for mine back in the day when they weren’t so expensive.

Now, they say it’s worth $1,500 or so. Who said guns aren’t a good investment. I remind my wife from time to time.

DF

I didn’t make this clear. I have one, possibly unfired in the box. Was looking for a value. I am calling it 2000.00. Maybe high but where are they, in the box in this condition?

For $1500 one can get nicely polished and blued 4" Model 25 or 3" Model 625. What we have here is dull ugly revolver that frankly does not "scream buy me". It would be very desirable gun in .44 Magnum with "Wilderness Hunter" or "Pack Hunter" on the barrel. This was before Ruger started Alaskan theme, therefore, S&W folks could beat them to the punch. Missed opportunity by S&W team. I do not understand stupid of 1988 or 1989 on the barrel 🤷‍♂️ was there member of Polands Solidary Movement on the mgt. team? WTF?

Guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Rarity affects the value.

Not gonna sell mine, anyway.

DF

Not selling mine either! Bought it from a Detroit police officer who told me it was his first duty gun back when he started.

Frog----out!

Got to love an honest post

I have a .45 Colt Mountain gun with a red dot on it. It has always been an accurate gun but when I found a load with AA #9 and 255 and 280 grain cast slugs it became a "you would not believe me if I told you" level of accurate. I have yet to take any game with it but the metal targets in the back yard live in fear of it....

I am certain no police force issued .45 Colt in your lifetime. Last service weapon was Colt 1909, so police might have used some in roaring 20s, so called. I can understand what he said, as they say "faith sells mounds of inventory". Hey, did you know that some South American 1911-type pistols (actually ony barrels and magazines are interchangeable so they only look like 1911) were made from steel obtained from wreck of Admiral Graf Spee?🤭🤣

As usual you are wrong.

Being that you are not allowed to own guns and all your "knowledge" comes from google and Wikipedia, versus actual hands on experience, I would have thought you would have known better.

There have been a good number of agencies that have issued .45 Colt revolvers. In fact a good number of those agencies are right in your own back yard. Perhaps you should ask your probation officer.

Long Beach PD is one, National City, CA is another, Ontario, CA is yet another.

Back to ignoring mentally ill Maser.

Anyways, continuing on with the subject...

I’m pretty sure that Detroit P. D. Could carry any quality handgun that they could qualify with back in the 70’s and 80’s. At least that’s what Evan Marshall said.

Ron

Georgia State Patrol also issued .45 Colt revolvers.

Aside from being issued, there were a great many agencies that authorized the guns for carry. The officer would purchase the gun as a privately owned weapon and then carry it as his service weapon.

I know that at my first agency I could have carried one, had I wanted to, but I chose to carry a Colt series 70 1911 .45 and later a Glock 21 .45.

Detroit was an agency that authorized the M25. There were lots of agencies that authorized the M25 as personally owned, though not issued. Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and Houston were all larger agencies where the M25 was authorized.

Thanks for the back-up, Mack. As I stated, the officer mentioned that it was his first duty sidearm and as this was a private sale, in the basement of his home in Detroit, I presumed that it was authorized to carry for duty and he bought it himself. I have no reason whatsoever to doubt his word, and I was just thankful he had decided to sell it!

Frog---OUT!