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Old 09-19-2012, 04:12 PM
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Default 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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Old 09-19-2012, 07:23 PM
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Nice piece there, Mr. Cordell. Love the old Smith autos. Also, nice gun bench.
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Old 09-19-2012, 08:26 PM
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Very nice - Buddy of mine had one of those years ago and he's been looking to replace it since! Great photography too!
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Old 09-19-2012, 08:33 PM
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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.
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Old 09-21-2012, 01:08 AM
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Very slick piece you have there.
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Old 09-21-2012, 03:15 PM
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the 2 tone just looks cool
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Old 09-21-2012, 09:50 PM
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Yeah I like the two-tone look. It just has something about it.
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Old 10-24-2013, 01:58 PM
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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.

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I think it's neat that you modified the gun to be more serviceable and user friendly.
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Old 10-29-2013, 05:17 AM
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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.
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