Lentz Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 If s&w would make a 6 inch 625 how many units do you think would sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Probably not enough to get anyone too excited. It would probably have to be one of those special runs through one of the distributors, and that means $$$$. Plus, wouldn't a 6" 625 be nothing more than a 25-2 with an internal lock, out-of-spec chambers, and a peening problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueOvalBandit Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Plus, wouldn't a 6" 625 be nothing more than a 25-2 with an internal lock, out-of-spec chambers, and a peening problem? It would still be cool.... since I've now acquired all the tools to correct those problems S&W doesn't acknowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg K Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Well you know that I would like it since I run a 6.5" I run a Ti to solve the peening but Jerry said that he has trying to talk them into doing the induction hardening of the cylinder stop notches so that would solve the peening. As long as the out of spec chambers are small we can still finish the build our selves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1911 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 If s&w would make a 6 inch 625 how many units do you think would sell? Not many. The 625 is already a niche gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwx40x40 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Personally I would love it, but if USPSA were to ever accept 8 shot 627's there will be a lot of 625's with no where to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanc Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I'd buy one. Making one instead, I just scored a 6" and a 6.5" barrel and am re-barreling a 625. S&W had two Ti cylinders in stock last Monday, grabbed one of those as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koppi Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I guess the 25-2 I just got is going to cost a lot of money to get running judging from the post by Carmoney. Maybe I should sell it before I even shoot it? Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4mike Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) If s&w would make a 6 inch 625 how many units do you think would sell? I'd buy two (with short cylinder I hope) Edited November 27, 2012 by 4mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I guess the 25-2 I just got is going to cost a lot of money to get running judging from the post by Carmoney. Maybe I should sell it before I even shoot it? Any suggestions? John, I think you misunderstood my post. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the 25-2, other than the fact that they usually don't shoot well with cast bullets. They shoot fine with jacketed and plated bullets. Do the action, narrow the trigger, slap on some Hogues, and you're in business. I was trying to point out that if they made a 6" 625 today, it would have the same performance benefit as the 25-2 (namely, the longer sight radius) but with the QC problems that have plagued the recent production guns (peening and tight chambers). Might as well just start with the 25-2 and avoid those issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheelGunHunter Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I would buy one don't get me wrong my 625 jm is good but a 625 with six inch barrel (Super duty?) would be much better for my USPSA matches. I would think that they would sell more of them than the 625JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMC Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 It won't happen. Some years back Jerry was trying to get S&W to make an 8-shot 627 in 9mm and just about everybody he spoke with wanted one or more. I told him I'd buy 3-4 and at our club with only about a dozen ICORE shooters they would have sold 20+. crickets chipping.... If Jerry can't get a gun built, no one can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxshooter Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I have solved the peening problem on one of my 625s with a Ti cylinder. The other one is a PC 625 with the short cylinder. Wish they made a Ti short cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4mike Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 .......... Wish they made a Ti short cylinder. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koppi Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Carmoney, Thanks for the explanation, wowee! I'm going to have it worked than. Any suggestions on the front sight? i.e. mill it off or drill it out and put in a FO? Is that silver soldered in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sci Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Carmoney, Thanks for the explanation, wowee! I'm going to have it worked than. Any suggestions on the front sight? i.e. mill it off or drill it out and put in a FO? Is that silver soldered in? all of the 25-2s that i have were pinned front sights the blueing on them is just so good its hard to see the pin Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting4life Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 If you really want a 6" just find a take off 44 mag barrel on gun broker and get it reamed out and installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croomrider Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 If you really want a 6" just find a take off 44 mag barrel on gun broker and get it reamed out and installed. What do you mean by reamed out? 44 mag takes .429 bullets and 45 acp takes .451 bullets. You would need to totally re-bore and re-rifle the barrel to work on a 625! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolguy Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 There's a place that does that. I'm getting some 6" .357 barrels bored out and re rifled to .40. They are Clearwater Reboring in Colville, WA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koppi Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Thanks for the information on the front sight sci. That saves me a lot of work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Hamby Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 There's a place that does that. I'm getting some 6" .357 barrels bored out and re rifled to .40. They are Clearwater Reboring in Colville, WA. Interesting... very interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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