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Originally Posted by BUFF
"I cannot for the life of me understand why S&W hasnt made a run of classic Model 45 .22 M&P copies.
"For that matter a Stainless steel version of the CLASSIC Model 18 and 17..."
S&W did make stainless versions of the 17 and 18. They were Model 617's and were made in both 4 and 6 inches, without the full length underlug on the barrel, for Ashland Shooters Supply, who was then a fairly big S&W distributor.
I wish they would make more. I think that full length underlug is real overkill in a K frame .22.
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Actually....I said "Stainless steel version of the CLASSIC Model 18 and 17."
The Ashland guns were in fact stainless steel versions of the 17-4 / 17-5 heavy barrel guns .
Additionally the 617 is a copy of the 17-6 full underlug in stainless steel...Not the taper barrel Baughman site Model 18.
According to the SCSW,
S&W actually did make seventeen exact copies of the Model 18 in Stainless Steel in the 1970's ,
They were reportedly stamped Model 65 then (according to SCSW) the factory destroyed 16 of the 17 in 1978 .
ANYONE know the wherabouts of number 17 ?