Took this one out for a stroll today; haven't shot it for awhile. From what I remember, it liked 185 grain factory Fed or Atlanta Arms jacketed SWCs. Shot some 50 yd slowfires with ATL Arms ammo to start. I was rewarded with a couple of good 50 yd targets without any flyers. Next up was some 230 grain Fed commercial and TZZ GI Match ball. Nothing to write home about, but still not too bad. Below target was the last one shot, with Fed 230 grain factory match, 25 yards. Might have to take this to Perry next year for the Harry Reeves Revolver Match. A good revolver is a beautiful thing.
Bob

Sweet! That's a fine revolver you have there.

Nice revolver and some fine shooting!

Oh heck yeah. A fun day with a fine revolver.

So Nice!!

Roger that. Not a Python, but it'll do...
Bob

That’s a great revolver. Very nice.

Not only a nice revolver, but some mighty nice shooting as well.

Guy

Drool.

Nice!!!

Beautiful revolver and very good shooting.

I have one of those, and like you, but at a buds urging removed the factory grips and installed rubber Hogues, what a fun revolver, bom, bom, bom it goes, very light report and recoil, a chit-ton more accurate than I can shoot it too ; ]

I have the stainless, pre-lock, Mountain Gun variation of it. But the classic lines of the one in the opening post are very cool.

Yes, and old bud said the grips were worth half the cost of the revolver, I don't know if that's true, but in the safe door they reside. mine has five screws, blue, 6.5" barrel, and is a model of 1950.

Yep. Just go to eBay and search for original S&W grips. They go for hundreds of dollars. Back in the day, anyone who kept the factory grips on was considered a newbie. Most of them got misplaced, since they weren't considered valuable vs the rosewood, finger groove, customs (or even the Pachmayrs or Hogues) you put on the guns.

Dang, and after reading the books on Smiths RJM sent me, mine do indeed serial number to the revolver, that God a newbie owned mine ; ]

I have been typing all this thinking about all the cool old Smiths over in the safe, even the FA 454 revolver, a Gen4 Glock 21 sits here loaded with 14 rounds of Lehigh penetrators at 1050 fps, quiet the contrast!

The old 625's are wicked accurate, and just magnificent examples of what S&W was capable in the heyday of the revolver.

Yeah, I love my Python. But deep down, I'm a S&W kind of guy. Show me a -5 or earlier S&W M19 with all the fixins and I just tend to go weak in the knees. After that, it's the older N frames, especially the target ones.

Beautiful revolver, would like to have one like it. 45ACP is one of my favorite calibers. Damn good shooting at 25 yes, wish my 45 Colt model 25-5 could do that. I would definitely need a rest to get a group like that.

My youngest is home from university and this inspires me to drag out my 25-2.

Model 1955 good that we have so many cool guns we cant keep up with their names exactly, sad there's not enough time to derive maximum proficiency with each and every one.

I have a dandy 6 inch 25-5 in .45 Colt. I have a conversion cylinder for it in .45 ACP that takes full moon clips. It is accurate with both cartridges.

Nice one, Ed. Bring it to the pig hunt and I'll bring the ammo.
Bob