Fun two days!

Roadkill Bill · Jan 22, 2007

Hey, it's been a fun two days!
Day One: Got a NIB S&W Heritage 25-10 in .45 Colt. Great looking gun, wonderful grips.
Day Two: A S&W 638. Great pocket pistol.

Hopefully next Saturday I'll get to take 'em out and shoot 'em!

The 25-10 is the first .45 Colt I've owned. Didn't realize how hard it is to find non-Cowboy loads for it. Lordy, it's an N-frame. I want some stuff that will rattle your fillings!

Fuelburns2 · Jan 22, 2007

Just stay away from extremely hot loads such as Buffalo Bore. They are too powerful for the N frame. I found that Remington .45 Colt hunting loads are plenty powerful.

I recently owned a K frame Heritage S&W. Does yours have the case colored frame or the blue frame? Either way it sounds like you got yourself two great guns.

huntswithdogs · Jan 22, 2007

Don't play with hot stuff in this one! It's not so much the frame as the cylinder.

Typing one handed ain't all that easy and ya can see the keyboard now. Playing with hot stuff in one of these can be fatal.

HWD

Roadkill Bill · Jan 23, 2007

It has a blued frame. I guess if I could have had the perfect gun for me, it would have been the case colored frame, and in .44 Special (Model 24?). But hey, I'm gonna really love this one anyway.

Is Grizzly ammo too much for this gun?

Fuelburns2 · Jan 23, 2007

The shop I frequent had a case colored model 24 Heritage Edition for a few months. It sold for $1000. I wish I could have afforded it.

Not sure about the Grizzly ammo. I'm not familiar with it.

uglydog · Jan 23, 2007

Grizzly is a Buffalo Bore competitor so I would think they may not be the best as a steady diet in this gun. I personally would not have a problem occasionally shooting a few "hot" rounds through the gun but I wouldn't make it a common practice. About any hard semi-wadcutter traveling between 1000-1200 fps will take care of the vast majority of hunting situations and provide enough "teeth rattling" to satisfy most people. If you need more shaking, step up to the "man's calibers" starting with the 454 Casull. :lol: These are designed to rattle teeth, hands, and brains.

Roadkill Bill · Jan 25, 2007

I'm sure not gonna do something stupid that would ruin this gun, even though I got a deal - it was only $900, not $1000. :shock: I don't reload (or even know anyone who does), so do any of you know anyone who makes a factory loaded cartridge with a SWC or Keith style bullet in .45?

Paul F. · Jan 25, 2007

Bill, try Texas Munitions. I like their .45LC stuff and it's very reasonable.

http://www.texasmunitions.com/html/products.htm

45 LC
250 GR. RNFP
$13.25
$128.00
$250.00

45 LC
200 GR. RNFP
$12.65
$122.00
$244.00

Their Round Nose Flat Points are as good, imo, as swc. Prices are 50, 500, 1000.

killerb · Jan 31, 2007

PMC loads a dandy 300gr. JSP for the 45 Colt. Its hot, but not as hot as Garrett and Buffalo Bore. Its right up there in .44 Magnum territory, which your N frame can handle easily. Its much more affordable than those others mentioned.

http://www.pmcammo.com/handsilver.php