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1917 .45
I ran up on the finest 1917 I have ever seen in the wild. It came into a friend's shop. Low serial number and basically unissued. Barely a turn mark and NO evidence of having been fired. We'll now my old refinished Brazilian goes on the block I guess.
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As nice as I have seen. Congrats
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Who could pass on that one!!
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That is a nice looking 1917! I'd keep the Brazilian as a shooter.
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07-30-2018, 07:05 PM
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Wow..........that is one beautiful revolver. Among the best I've ever seen. Mine has a 4 digit serial number with no UNITED STATES PROPERTY stamp under the barrel.
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You probably won't shoot that one, keep the Bazillion for shooting.
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What's the serial number?
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I hope I look that good when I'm 100 years old!!! Thanks for sharing. As others have said, keep the Brazilian for shooting!!
Best Regards, Les
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Serial number is 24,6**
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I hope I look that good when I'm 100 years old!!! Thanks for sharing. As others have said, keep the Brazilian for shooting!!
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I don't look that good NOW!! And I'm a long ways from 100. 
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Was blueing a normal finish? I'm still learning. I thought they were parkerized.......
It is really beautiful!
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WWI 1917s were all blued, just a little less polished than the civilian commercial models of the time.
Actually nicer than the satin finished com'l models that followed the war for the ~8 to 10 years. Same thing for the com'l models following WWII.
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I don't look that good NOW!! And I'm a long ways from 100. |
Me neither, but that's because we've worked all of our lives, unlike that 1917!
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An advisement - I am not a 'one-up ' guy, but lucked into one even more perfect. Just from a friend I made while working at a LGS about 5 years ago. Really didn't have the $700 he wanted, but did it anyway.
Don't have pics available right now. It (and this forum) more or less twisted my arm to get a 'stand-in shooter', which I did by getting a beater Brazilian.
Enjoy yours, looks great.
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Yeah, after getting it home; I've reconsidered parting ways with my old ( although newer)one. This one probably won't be shot. I might as well just try to keep it as pristine as possible.
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Was blueing a normal finish? I'm still learning. I thought they were parkerized.......
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Some of the old M1917s remaining in military inventory were rebuilt and refinished for military use during WWII, usually with a phosphate finish. Those used in WWI were blued.
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