S&W .45 Colt CTG

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getfoxy

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A buddy has this revolver. He has no idea what it's worth. Does anyone know what these are going for. It's a smith 45 lc, ctg.

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There appears to be a crack in the 2nd pic? Looks bad to me but idk maybe it's made that way? Idk enough about old revolvers.

Thanks for looking
 
Open the cylinder and the model number is on the frame.the first number is the model second number is the series or notes the revisions that have been made to that model.Google that info and you can find all there is to know about this revolver.It is a good one in my opinion.
 
Thanks. I'll call him and tell him. The revolver was only in my possession for about 5 minutes lol. What about that crack? I know it's hard to tell by the pic but it can't be good?
 
If you mean the seam line that goes horizontally across the left side of the frame, that's just where the cylinder crane mates up to the frame. Don't see anything else that looks like a "crack".

Looks like it's a Model 625 (stainless steel?). Very nice gun especially in .45 Colt! That is a keeper!
 
just looked like a crack to me. Its gonna be for sale soon as we can find out what its worth,

it will be in the classifieds most likely
 
Colorado nailed it. Crane seam for a crack and 625. I always wanted one of these but will have to stay with my 629. Nice guns.
 
I did notice one of the flaws that was common in S&Ws that were made about 1976-81,, The barrel is not 'pinned' and that sometimes allowed the large caliber handguns to torque the barrels to the left, throwing the sights off to a considerable degree...Otherwise, it appears to be a nice weapon...

We (police department) wound up sending approximately 100 back to S&W due to the defect, except ours were .357 magnums..
All of the barrels had twisted in the frames after the first qualification, when we required the qualification to be with full strength street loads, rather than the lower powered .38 spl in an attempt to save money and the legal department, following an opinion request from the Firearms Instructors, about the liability issue..

Earlier S&Ws has the barrels pinned with a pin through the frame, locking the barrel in place, and S&W had started eliminating the pin in a cost cutting measure..
 
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