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12-05-2012, 11:30 PM
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Price on a 1917 project gun
How much would you give for it? The description is as follows. Model 1917 Smith & Wesson 45. It uses half moon clips to shoot acp rounds. This one has a custom military polymer finish. Not original, the finish the current mil uses. The workings are 100%. Excellent Bore and chambers. This is a very rare gun. You can see "united states Property" on the underside of the barrel. here is the photo
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12-06-2012, 12:07 AM
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How much would you give for it? The description is as follows. Model 1917 Smith & Wesson 45. It uses half moon clips to shoot acp rounds. This one has a custom military polymer finish. Not original, the finish the current mil uses. The workings are 100%. Excellent Bore and chambers. This is a very rare gun. You can see "united states Property" on the underside of the barrel. here is the photo
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The half moon clips were standard as a method of using the .45 ACP rounds in the revolver.
The "refinish" takes away from any 'collector' value the revolver had.
One of our experts will be along shortly with more info.
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12-06-2012, 04:16 AM
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If the timing and Lock-Up are good, it'd probably sell for five hundred at a Gun Show or on Gunbroker, maybe a little more even, and, for someone who wants a 'shooter' so to speak.
I myself prefer to stay with Original finishes, even if there is barely anything left of them.
But, a lot of people like the new Polymer finishes, so...it is what-it-is..!
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12-06-2012, 06:44 AM
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The finish looks like one of the newer "bake on" finishes done by an hobby smith at home.
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12-06-2012, 07:57 AM
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I agree collector value is gone I can get it for $400.00
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12-06-2012, 09:21 AM
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How much would you give for it? The description is as follows. Model 1917 Smith & Wesson 45. It uses half moon clips to shoot acp rounds. This one has a custom military polymer finish. Not original, the finish the current mil uses. The workings are 100%. Excellent Bore and chambers. This is a very rare gun. You can see "united states Property" on the underside of the barrel. here is the photo
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This is NOT a rare gun. According to an online American Rifleman article, "...by the end of the war 163,476 Model 1917s had been produced." That's not counting any subsequent prouction. Messed with, modified and screwed-up 1917s are probably in the majority of the ones remaining and are relatively common. If it were a pristine 95-year old gun, then maybe the word "rare" could be applied, but this is a run of the mill, $400-500 shooter.
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12-06-2012, 04:21 PM
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Because of my eyes, I prefer adjustable sight guns because it is easier to make the sights visible, but for $400 if it is in good shape, that's a decent shooter for some uses and if I had a need into which it would fit, I would not be bothered by buying it.
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