Hey J,
S&W, like many manufacturers today, QUITS MAKING the GOOD (what folk liked).
At a big MATCH (the PSA SHOOTOUT) a couple years back, spoke with MR. YOST (a S&W Rep).
Told him I would purchase on the spot: 5" 686, 5" 625 & 5" 629 with the firing pin on the NOSE of the HAMMER (where it belongs) if S&W would "re pop" a run of them.
His response was that "corporate" was not really interested in things like that....??
The lesson from this....Anything GOOD....they QUIT making it.
Get one (or more) 625's at soonest possible convenience, one or more 25-2's.... they will never make another one.
Later, Mark