SORRY!!!!

cooker · #1 09-08-2011, 04:12 PM

I consider myself fairly forum savvy,HOWEVER,(dontcha just hate that

),I have been on search for over an hour,I posted about my 1917 a while back,Now the admins are prodding me to ask a question,and the moons are in Aquarius or whatever.

Can someone please post what you look for to identify a true 1917,it would be worth a sticky if someone was good with photoshop and could draw lines and arrows(with a paragraph on ...),I digress, sorry

60s flashback

to show what I am looking for.In search you put "markings" and get a gazillion answers but most are old and the pics removed.

Thanking and apologizing in advance.

cgt4570 · #2 09-08-2011, 04:56 PM

No pictures necessary. It'll say Model 1917 on the bottom of the grip frame and it'll say United States Property under the barrel.

Cavaliere · #3 09-08-2011, 05:05 PM

A true 1917? by that I presume you mean the .45 Hand Ejector U.S.Army Model 1917.

There are six things that make the 1917 US Army model stand out:
1) Under the barrel it is marked United States Property;
2) The frame is stamped "U.S. ARMY MODEL 1917" in four lines on the butt;
3) "S&W D.A. 45" is stamped on the barrel;
4) There usually is a Flaming Bomb ordnance stamp directly above the cylinder latch in the corner of the frame;
5) The revolver will be fitted with a lanyard ring (or display evidence of the lanyard ring having been removed).
6) The serial number range will fall between 1 - 169959, according to the SCSW.

Hope that answers your questions!

DCWilson · #4 09-08-2011, 05:08 PM

And the barrel will be 5.5" long, a distinctive length among N-frames.

JSR III · #5 09-08-2011, 06:23 PM

Quote:

There are six things that make the 1917 US Army model stand out:
1) Under the barrel it is marked United States Property;
2) The frame is stamped "U.S. ARMY MODEL 1917" in four lines on the butt;
3) "S&W D.A. 45" is stamped on the barrel;
4) There usually is a Flaming Bomb ordnance stamp directly above the cylinder latch in the corner of the frame;
5) The revolver will be fitted with a lanyard ring (or display evidence of the lanyard ring having been removed).
6) The serial number range will fall between 1 - 169959, according to the SCSW.

Oh Oh, I have one with no #1, no #2, yes#3, no#4, yes#5 and no #6. What should I do???

and Don don't say send it to you!!!

PS: I also have extra stocks in the 190XXX range, the 332XXX range, the 561XXX range and the 621XXX range. Plus a pair with the numbers obliterated.

ACP230 · #6 09-08-2011, 06:28 PM

Look up the characteristics of the Brazilian Contract 1917s.

Rule3 · #7 09-08-2011, 08:07 PM

You trying to find this??:

Model 1917

This??:

Let's see your U.S. Model 1917 S&Ws!

Dave T · #8 09-09-2011, 10:27 AM

The other option besides a Brazilian is that it might be a Commercial 1917. If it has the S&W logo and "Made in U.S.A." on the lower, right-front frame, it's a Commercial.

Dave