View Single Post
 
Old 07-14-2020, 04:01 PM
tenntex32's Avatar
tenntex32 tenntex32 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: North Central Texas
Posts: 1,283
Likes: 925
Liked 2,173 Times in 836 Posts
Default

I just measured 3 of my Colt M1917 examples' chamber throats for a thread on another website. (Early, mid, and late U.S. government contract examples.)

All 3 measured the same .455'ish diameter as my S&W 25-2 I posted about earlier.

Now for shigs and gittles I need to measure a few of my S&W M1917 chamber throats..........

Addendum: I just measured the chamber throats on several of my S&W M1917 U.S. government examples. (Very early, mid, and late production examples.) The actual M1917 examples measured around .454". The only notable deviations I saw were when I measured my Commercial M1917 from the 1930s and my Brazilian M1917 from the late 1930s. The commercial M1917 was reblued and measured .453" or so. The Brazilian has seen lots of use and measured .455".

When measuring my Colt and S&W M1917 examples I can't help but feel the "oversized" chamber throats on the Model 25 examples are simply a holdover from the thinking/design of the M1917.

Dale

Last edited by tenntex32; 07-14-2020 at 05:09 PM.
Reply With Quote