Roy Jinks book, History of Smith & Wesson says on May 14, 1946, the factory resumed production of the .45 Hand Ejector Model of 1917. Between May 14, 1946 and July 25, 1947, 991 new revolvers were serial numbered between 209,792 and 210,782. The factory also had an additional 10,868 frames on hand that had been manufactured during the 1930s and were already serial numbered. These revolvers were assembled and sold as late as 1949, when S&W officially dropped the 1917 Model from production.
