This one alwqays cracks me up
I prefer shooting 45 Auto Rim in my Brazilian Contract because I hate loading and unloading moon clips.
These pistols are not that accurate, they go bang, and will function.
My Brazilian is at least as accurate as my M25-2. I shoot 200-grain cast SWCs exclusively over 5 grains of Bullseye. My gun will handle the same bullet over 7.5 grains of Unique, but I have found that load to be hard on the hand and unnecessary for my purposes. The sights don't line up as quickly as the M25, but you can draw a very fine sight picture in reasonable light.
I have never understood the objection to full moon clips. If I only had one or two clips, I probably wouldn't want to bother either, but they are cheap, so get a couple of dozen. Load them before you leave for the range, and spend your time shooting instead of tediously loading one round at a time. A $5 tool makes them really easy to unload. You can make your own tool easily. I think if you search this forum you can even find pics of some that members have made. You can get a moon clip loader too, but I've never found them to be necessary.
In fact, because the Smiths have a stepped chamber, you can shoot .45 ACP without clips of any kind, and just flick them out individually with your finger nail. (Unless you're a nail biter).
I screwed up once. (Well, actually I have screwed up a lot more than that, but you don't need to know about the other times) and left my 1911 out of my range bag when I went to shoot in a falling plate event. The M1917 was in the bag, however, along with a suitable holster, so I decided to use it. I didn't win that day, but I hit 6, 8" plates at 7 yards in 4.1 seconds, from the leather, with that old gun. A good day, for me.
They are great guns.