S&W Model 1950, 45 ACP, Target Revolver

[StrawHat]

My wife just arranged for me to get a new revolver for my birthday. It shipped from the factory in July 1955. I was born four months earlier.





I prefer a grip adapter with my Magnas, for me it provides the best stocking option.



I also prefer smooth antler stocks. Here it is with a set of caribou Magnas and a grip adapter.



I have only fired six rounds through it but it is a keeper.

Kevin

[Bass Ackward]

[Buzz Krumhunger]

It’s a beauty

[MATT HELM]

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[35remington]

How big are the cylinder throats?

[Charliemac]

Lucky guy!! Enjoy!

[square butte]

How big are the cylinder throats?

Inquiring minds would like to know...

[WRideout]

Your wife is likely to become jealous of your new "relationship."

Wayne

[schutzen-jager]

nice - Straw hat have you tried to obtain any Tyler t grips lately ? -

[Jtarm]

How many .45 ACP revolvers does this make?

[StrawHat]

nice - Straw hat have you tried to obtain any Tyler t grips lately ? -

As in from the Tyler Family/Company? No, the last ones I got from the company were probably made by Melvin, himself. I get all I want from the secondary market. But, I do not limit myself to the Tyler brand. I have grip adapters marked Pachmyar, Mershon, Tyler, BK, and both styles from S&W.

A variety of sizes also. I just keep putting them on until one speaks to me when Dryfiring.

Kevin

[StrawHat]

How big are the cylinder throats?

Inquiring minds would like to know...

No idea. I squeezed off six shots. The ammunition was the SAECO 453 boolit, sized .454 over a hardball dose of Bullseye. The target was a 5 gallon pail lid at about 80 yards, braced offhand. The first two were low, the next four were on the lid. I usually do bother to worry about things like that. Unless the revolver is very inaccurate. Too many folks think the gun is bad if the throats are big. As a bullet caster, I can vary the size of the boolit to fit my needs.

How many .45 ACP revolvers does this make?

Off the top of my head, 15? Which brings up another point. I do not develop a specific load for each revolver. What a nightmare! I have developed two loads currently, one with the mentioned 453 and another with the GB clone of the Lyman 452423. Both over hardball dose of powder. Good solid loads and both have given success in the field.

This summer I will try two heavier bullets, a 260 rnfp and a 260 wadcutter and see if either replaces one of my loads or joins them. BUT, it has to work in all of them.

Kevin

[Beast of Burden]

I love the vintage Smith & Wesson wheelguns. Congrats!!

[Bazoo]

Very nice, congratulations! Quite classy looking with the silver grip adapter on it.

[35remington]

Still curious about it because I hear stories of variance and wonder about what matters and what works despite what dimensionality is found. If you are getting good accuracy shooting through a particular sized throat that is worth knowing for my or maybe someone else’s mental reference compared to what I am experiencing with what I have. Mine run .4515” through a 625-3. This tends to make me fonder of Alliant 2400 in the ACP/Auto Rim than others who report larger throat diameters and the interference fit of shooting .452” bullets through 4515” throats is possibly something to do with that.

So that is why I asked. If .454” cast is shooting well through a big throat that is something to consider. Or maybe it isn’t so big. When I have a particular outcome sometimes I tend to look as to why. Just how I roll.

[RonIa]

My 25-2 shoots everything I run in it very happy with it TH TT pinned tapered barrel
Ron

[Jtarm]

My 25-2 shoots everything I run in it very happy with it TH TT pinned tapered barrel
Ron

I thought the 25 was the bull barrel and the 26 tapered.

My 25-2 has the bull.

[StrawHat]

Still curious about it because I hear stories of variance and wonder about what matters and what works despite what dimensionality is found. If you are getting good accuracy shooting through a particular sized throat that is worth knowing for my or maybe someone else’s mental reference compared to what I am experiencing with what I have. Mine run .4515” through a 625-3. This tends to make me fonder of Alliant 2400 in the ACP/Auto Rim than others who report larger throat diameters and the interference fit of shooting .452” bullets through 4515” throats is possibly something to do with that.

So that is why I asked. If .454” cast is shooting well through a big throat that is something to consider. Or maybe it isn’t so big. When I have a particular outcome sometimes I tend to look as to why. Just how I roll.

The variance was most notable in the Model 25-5, 45 long Colt. Some oversized throats were also found in some Model 25-2s but a lot of that is also the echo chamber we call the internet. I currently have 15 ACP revolvers. I have had and sold maybe 80 more. All of them shot well with hardball. All of the shot well with cast bullets. The best cast boolit loads I found involved boolits with a long bearing surface, .454 diameter and a good lube. I settled on the SAECO 453 and the GB 452423. At .454 diameter and a hardball dose of powder they are good shooters. Yes, some better than other but all capable of putting down game as far as a hunter can shoot accurately.

Kevin

[StrawHat]

I thought the 25 was the bull barrel and the 26 tapered.

My 25-2 has the bull.

Correct.

In this image the 1950 Model barrel is on the bottom and the 1955 Model is the top one.



Kevin

[StrawHat]

For a variety of reasons, this is fast becoming a favorite of mine. Yesterday, I swapped stocks around and came up with this combination.





Curly maple magnas with a shiny grip adapter. The stocks were a gift from a fellow who specializes in Targets and Ropers. I sent him a couple of pieces of firewood and he sent me stocks made from one of the chunks. I was very surprised when I opened the package! I think the two compliment each other well.

Kevin