Originally Posted by ElmerKeith

The Ruger NMBH is a 45 I suppose. But the hammer seems to be a Super Blackhawk hammer. What about the M25-9. What load do you shoot? Factory or handloads? I read about some issues with the M 25-X in 45 Colt that these guns shoot a little bit to hight due to the fact that S&W used standard 44 Magnum-M29-barrels with the front sight the same hight M29s have. I found several M25 in 45 Colt for sale with front sights which had been changed by guns smiths.



Yessir, the Ruger is a 45Colt/45ACP convertible that was tuned up by Jack Huntington. The 25-9's had all the bugs worked out of them, included S&W's Endurance Package upgrades and, in my opinion, were the best and rarest of the 25 series. This one shoots great with multiple loads, but the recipe I settled on for this revolver is listed below (minus the actual powder weight). It'll shoot slightly warmer loads, but this'll do for most anything I'd need it for.


BULLET: Montana Bullet Works 250gr LFN-GC
CASE: Starline
PRIMER: WLP
POWDER: Unique
AVG VEL: 950fps