Recent content by bigjack59

Enjoy the gun nickel or not. The 1917 is a great piece of history and not all of them are ready for a museum. I picked up a nickel gun for $400, and it is in exceptional condition. I fire it regularly and am amazed at how well a 90 year old gun can shoot. Go online and get a repro WWI cav...

I have a 1917 with non-standard grips too. The gun was refinished in nickel, so the collector value isn;t going to be there. My son loves it so I went to www.gungrips.net and got in touch with Conrad, the owner. I selected some Ivory grips and he engraved them with my initials, the Army seal on...

Excellent find, I love these pistols. The "accessories" tell a tremendous story!

OK, I got a little happy on the moon clips. You never know when you are going to run into a mob of rioting Moro tribesmen. WHen I run out of bullets I just clobber them with it.

I recently saw a beautiful nickel 1917 in my local gun store. I couldn't keep my eyes of of it and bought right away. This beautiful old revolvers have got me back into wheel guns away from those funny compicated automatic things. Great gun and great story behind it. Keep shooting!

The gun actually shoots great, esp for one that is 90 years old! The nickel is definitely a little unusual, but I love it all the same. The moon clips are a blast to shoot with. Just got a Model 19 snubbie at a good price. I am hooked on these dang S&Ws

Great gun, I love mine. It is a March of 1918 build. I sleep with it under my pillow every night.

I was wondering about the chrome versus nickel. THe finish is much smoother than the flash makes it seem. I am not sure how to tell the difference between chrome and nickel. Any help?

Yeah, make me a member! This S&W thing is taking over my collecting. I have a old five screw .38, an older hand ejector .32 (just starting to research those two), and my personal fav this 1917. The 1917 just screams fun. It is a blast to shoot, and relly looks great in an off beat way. The next...

Great looking pistol. Here is mine. I feel like a proud poppa showing off pix of his slightly ugly red headed baby, but I just love my new M1917!

The M1917 is so much fun. I found this one for $400 and am way too proud of it. Yes I know the grips are ugly, and don't know who or how it got plated, but the late job is fantastic and it makes one giant boom. Heck it is even pretty accurate! Got a period M1909 repro holster for it and am...

I just got a M1917 in nickel. It is dated from March of 1918 and has no commercial markings I can see. THe plating on it is just about flawless. I don't know if it is a commercial model or just a really really good plate job. Here are spome pix. Mine shoots like a dream and has thed ugliest...

Maybe I figured it out, here goes nothing...

How do I post the pix? My wife shot some amazing pix of the serial numbers and proof marks. The plate job is well done, the internals appear to be in nearly new condition. Man, am I pleased with this gun!

Sorry if this horse is dead, but here I go: I just got a great 1917 pistol, serial number is on butt, face of cylinder and under barrel. It says US Army Model 1917 and then 326xx on the butt. That number also appears on the cylinder and the underside of barrel. In the yoke and overstamped under...