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Section 8: Handguns
Subject: M625 Target Msg# 890728

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Mark Freburg Forum Manager

Joined 4/3/2000

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HerbSchlossberg (Read)

Joined 4/3/2000

Herb and Stu,

I ran across this target the other day completely by accident and was surprised by it. I hadn't recalled my revolver being anything special as a shooter but this is a decent enough group from 25 yards, and I note it was one of my handloads as well:

Image below from Mark Freburg - Image Title: .45 Auto Rim Group
Image Info: Shot with a Smith 625 with a 6" barrel and iron sights, the model with the Patridge, not Baughman, front sight. 25 yards, benched, with my .45 Auto Rim handload. Not really a braggin' group, but still better than I recall this revolver shooting for me. Fired quite a few years ago--late 90s.

Image below from Mark Freburg - Image Title: Smith .45
Image Info: Smith & Wesson Model 625 .45ACP

Image below from Mark Freburg - Image Title: Smith .45
Image Info: Smith & Wesson 625 "Model of 1989" with a 5" barrel and Pachmayr grips from the factory.

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That's some very good shooting. I owned an SA/DA version of the same revolver back I the late 90s. It was decent but never super accurate. The same ammo that shot tight groups in a 1911 wouldn't group well in the 625 revolver. Of course that means very little, as every revolver is an entity unto itself, and I really didn't have mine long enough to tune loads for it. A friend lusted after it and I traded it him, or sold it to him, I forget the details now. It was one of those odd itches that once scratched went away almost instantly.

Image below from HerbSchlossberg - Image Title: photos
Image Info: The first rounds I fired out of my "new" Smith 625. Shooting fairly fast at 21 feet, DA standing.

Smith & Wesson Model 625 w/Target
Herb Schlossberg

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