Hello hand-gunners, I bought a War Department Technical Manual TM-1295, dated 11-9-1942, off of an online auction site, as it reportedly contained information on the Colt
M1911, M1911A1, Colt 1917, and lastly (but not least because I own one,) the Smith and Wesson 1917. Wow, did I get a pleasant surprise! This book has everything a shooter or collector needs to replace, repair, strip, rebuild, etc...with awesome old black and white photos. It is one of the best $10.00 purchases I have made on line. I would send pix but I think I am too new on our site to be allowed permission yet. I recommend this book for anyone who owns the above-listed firearms...Happy shooting! Waistgunner

Hello Waistgunner,

It is a great book, and well worth having. Another good one to have, in my opinion, is FM 23-36, Basic Field Manual, for the Colt and Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolvers.

Take care,

W

You are not too new to post pictures. Anybody can post pictures. Just load them on one of
the public hosting sites, like www.photobucket.com , grap the image link to the picture(s),
and stick it right in the message.

Later, Mike Priwer

That's a pretty coincidence. As a bedtime soporific, last night I was reading an old (circa mid 80s?) .45 auto book I have had for years, "The Gun Digest Book of the .45" by Dean Grennell. He had a chapter in it on "other" .45s and had a nice discussion of the two 1917s. He specifically mentioned that manual as something worth having since it covered them, also!

Thanks mikepriwer for the info on posting photos, and thanks stbryson for the referral on the field manual. If they would have only thrown the Victory model in the manuals, we could have pretty much covered two to three wars worth of American hand held firepower in one, easy to use book...

Big Boers use Big Bores to hunt Big Boars.

That was my first test photo on my pappy's Model 19-2. Better pix will follow now that I can post photos. Waistgunner

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Originally posted by Kamerer:
That's a pretty coincidence. As a bedtime soporific, last night I was reading an old (circa mid 80s?) .45 auto book I have had for years, "The Gun Digest Book of the .45" by Dean Grennell. He had a chapter in it on "other" .45s and had a nice discussion of the two 1917s. He specifically mentioned that manual as something worth having since it covered them, also!

been looking for my copy of that one. think i loaned it to someone and it never came home.

I don't have that manual but have been looking for one for a couple of years.

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Originally posted by reddogge:
I don't have that manual but have been looking for one for a couple of years.

There are two on abebooks.com, one in good condition for $10, one in very good for $30.

Abebooks rocks in my "book," it is a great source for anything vintage in print. I am glad fellow shooters are enjoying the old manual too. Thanks Glypnir for the referral for the other guys. Waistgunner

In a way, a .45 slug is a Lead Zeppelin