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Old 04-27-2017, 02:04 AM
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A note about headspacing on the mouth of the cartridge. I think Lee Jarrett has stated that ALL S&W M1917s have this feature. Only early Colt M1917s were bored straight through, therefore making use of clips (or Auto Rim cases) mandatory in them.
That's correct as Lee and others have stated.

So as S&WIowegan referenced; no, DM32's S&W isn't one.

But also couldn't be one.

Only the ~first 30,000 Colt 1917s had straight bored chambers or "charge holes" instead of shouldered "chambers".
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