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Old 09-21-2010, 02:14 PM
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That's a handsome gun with some appealing character lines on its surface.

Here's one I got several months ago. I haven't shot it yet, and from appearances it can't have been shot much at all by prior owners.

January 1918 -- still has the early production characteristics like the dished stocks, radially grooved hammer and GHS cartouche instead of the flaming bomb.





I also have a shooter grade second contract Brazilian (shipped 1946, made from 1920s parts). It shoots OK, but it needs a little more work before I will feel I have finished the light repairs and adjustments it needed to be tight and reliable.

There's also a 1917 Colt that is in pretty good shape. It and the Smith make a great pair.
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