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Thanks for your comments - It would be for shooting and (reply)

Cherokee — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:00:04 +0000

I had one back in the 80's that was beautiful but would not shoot worth a @@@@ with cast bullets, I flipped it at one of the DWF shows. Don't need to do that again. My Redhawk shoots cast great so I'll stick to it. Anyone else interested, let me know & I'll give you LGS contact.

Depends. (reply)

JLF — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:11:27 +0000

If you are going to shoot it, I would pay attention to these other gentlemen. If you are going to flip it, or "invest", they are currently bringing $850-$950, *IF* it is all original, and an *honest* 95%+ condition. They have been hot sellers for quite some time, and will only go up in value.

JLF

S&W 25-5 45 Colt 6" for $700, good price or not ? (reply)

Andrew — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:42:41 +0000

Mine had very shallow rifling, didn't like cast at all.

I picked up a 25-9 a few years ago. (reply)

Wildcat — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:51:39 +0000

Its a great shooter but the throats aren't oversized. My brother got a 25-5 during the same period of time. I believe its throats were in the .457 range. It will shoot, but there was a lot of experimenting done before he achieved success. As I recall, he had to resort to swaged bullets to get it to shoot well.

The later guns, without the pinned bbls, are good shooters (reply)

brionic — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:57:15 +0000

Mine is a keeper and among the more versatile handguns I own.

The pinned bbl revolvers are a different question.

I would not, because (reply)

Charles — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:22:50 +0000

I would not want the handgun. Smith and Wesson had problems with large cylinder throats and mediorce accuracy due to that fact. They fixed the problem with the 25-7. I could buy allot better sixgun for $700.00.

Just my 2 cents worth.

I would snap it up myself. (reply)

Rob Leahy — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:57:56 +0000

S&W 25-5 45 Colt 6" for $700, good price or not ? (reply)

Dave B — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:46:25 +0000

I would pay that, but I am a sucker!

S&W 25-5 45 Colt 6" for $700, good price or not ?

Cherokee — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:35:33 +0000

It is used with box. Looks good but I did not inspect it.