617 Picture Thread

617 4" has moved to the top of my list to purchase. And a 686, 66, et al. Great idea to take a pawn shop 'run' on occasion. As the other posters demonstrate, it can happen. I suspect I'll suck it up and get the IL, even though I'd prefer to avoid it on principle. In case you haven't seen this youtube on the 617, it's worth the time.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PrVi5PwAB5Y
 
I'll join in the fun. Here's my no-dash 4". This one goes in the range bag on every trip, no matter what else I'm bringing to shoot!

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Lou
 
Thanks one and all for a great picture thread. I don't have one, as of yet, but am looking forward to putting one in my hand when I can find one in my neck of the woods.
 
MattJames said:
Nice grips...who makes them?

Also - Can anyone comment on the finish on this -3 revolver and my -2 (pictured above)? Is it a bead blast? Only offered in that time frame?
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Those grips are made by Altamont.
The finish is called glass bead, but i cannot say when it was offered.
 
Dstyles75 said:
This thread needs a bump
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Ah, ask and you shall receive, grasshopper.

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Unless one of the deleted photos from earlier showed one, I have not seen a "no-lug" M617 posted in this thread, yet.

This was from a special, small run in 1991 made for Ashland Shooting Supplies.
I don't recall the production run totals exactly, but I think it was 200 of the 4" no-lug and ~116 of the 6" no-lug.

In my opinion, .22 revolvers don't really need underlugs, there is plenty of meat in the small-bore barrel and an underlug makes it too muzzle heavy.

This is one of my favorite, and certainly the most scarce, S&W's in my meager collection.

I don't have a box or papers and I do shoot mine (sparingly) but I have no idea what it's worth.
Pretty sure it's worth a good chunk more than I paid ~10 years ago, can't even get a decent M10-8 anymore for what I paid on the M617.
:)
 
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I hear you, kframe. As shown in a previous post, I have 4" and 6" full-lug 617 no-dashes and enjoy shooting them a lot but they aren't as rare a find as yours. You're right; 617s don't need that full lug.

I found myself in a quandary over a low-production, special-run S&W when I started hunting a 686 National Match several years ago. The few of the 500 made that I could find that also were for sale were either in new, unfired condition and were priced accordingly or rode hard and put away wet. I knew that if I shot those new guns, and I did want the gun for target shooting, I would devalue it greatly and I didn't want a rough piece so I kept looking until I found one that had been shot but was still in great condition last summer. I probably paid too much for it but as with all older S&Ws, that amount will sound like a good buy in a few years.

That's a beautiful 617!

Ed
 
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