Range report on the Model 745.
 

Took it to the range yesterday. Shot like a champ. Absolutely no sniffles. I was able to clang many a steel target at 40 and 50 yards with it. The only thing was it took me a few magazines to settle in with it. The past few years I've been shooting revolvers and Glocks. I used to own a couple Sigs, but they're gone. I've gotten used to how the Glock design sits low in the hand. I'd forgotten how the older style autos have a higher bore axis and therefore more muzzle flip. But after a few mags I settled in and got to work. Very easy shooting gun. That all-steel frame sucks up the recoil.

Funny how you get used to one system and forget about the idiosyncrasies of others.

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Nice piece there, Mr. Cordell. Love the old Smith autos. Also, nice gun bench.:)

Very nice - Buddy of mine had one of those years ago and he's been looking to replace it since! Great photography too!

Thanks. I'm not really into autos, but this one just caught my fancy and the deal that the shop offered me was too good to pass up. When I learned that S&W only made 5,000 of them between 86-90 I knew it was going to have to join my collection. So I got permission from my wife. ;)

Very slick piece you have there.

the 2 tone just looks cool

Yeah I like the two-tone look. It just has something about it.

The one thing I did was take my 745 into a local shop and have the trigger guard recessed in order to get a higher grip.Basically the same change was implemented by S&W when they designed the 3rd Gen 45's. I know that some collectors will scream in agony that I did such a thing, but it's my pistol. It made a good pistol even better. I like being able to get a high grip when shooting and the one big flaw with the 2nd Generation S&W 45 pistol was that trigger guard.

BEFORE
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AFTER
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I think it's neat that you modified the gun to be more serviceable and user friendly.

Thanks. I had expected some criticism, but everybody has said that they would do the same thing or now they will do the same thing to their 745.