617 Picture Thread

[Pizza Bob]

What did that start out as?

A 617. That's a custom lightweight barrel to aid in rapid target transitions when shooting static steel. Before you pooh-pooh it, you should know the owner is a USPSA Master Class revolver shooter in USPSA. He can make that puppy sing. Ugly? Yes. Functional? Very.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

 

[Kframe]

A 617. That's a custom lightweight barrel to aid in rapid target transitions when shooting static steel. Before you pooh-pooh it, you should know the owner is a USPSA Master Class revolver shooter in USPSA. He can make that puppy sing. Ugly? Yes. Functional? Very.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

No poo-poo'ing coming from this corner.
Just never seen anything like it before.
Very unique!

 

[alec.mc]

A 617. That's a custom lightweight barrel to aid in rapid target transitions when shooting static steel. Before you pooh-pooh it, you should know the owner is a USPSA Master Class revolver shooter in USPSA. He can make that puppy sing. Ugly? Yes. Functional? Very.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

What did that start out as?

Thanks for the kind words Bob.

I like the to think that the gun is " so ugly it's cute "

Kframe, Pizzabob hit the nails on the head.

It started out as a 4 inch 617, The barrel is a custom build out of a barrel blank. With the addition of an apex hammer, houge grips, and c-more red dot.

The gun is very light.


Edit: Here is an updated picture with an addition of a lightweight aluminum cylinder, shaved a few more ounces off the weight of the gun.

 

[Kframe]

Wow, I bet that's a featherweight now!
Pretty much the opposite of some of those 1970's PPC guns with the oversized barrels and weights.
Fun to see the variations tailored to the end use.

 

[PA Guns & Ammo]

Great thread! Love my 617. It has to be one of my favorite revolvers

 

[Engine49guy]

Six shot 617's with their blue 17-6 counterparts,
4" Combat versions with combat triggers and combat grips, 6" Target lengths with Target hammer, trigger and grips.

 

[klind45]

no dash, all stock

just beautiful I had one 20 years ago and traded it for I don't remember? I'm still kicking my A@#!

 

[Ranger98]

My 617 4 inch

 

[bbqbob51]

This is a terrific thread with many great pics of a terrific gun. It's not just the beauty of the 617 it is also their functionality that makes them awesome. Here is a pic of my first time out with mine, the target on the left was shot in single action and the right was shot at in double action:

As you can see I needed to work on my double action shooting but the center of the single action target took a beating with a nice ragged hole. Not bad for my first time out with my 617, I do even better now and I 'll post some pics another time of a target I have beaten up.
Here are a few more pics of my stainless steel beauty:

 

[Dstyles75]

617-1 Same gun, new pics.

 

[Inspector-Callahan]

PC

This Performance Center 617 should arrive in a couple of weeks so I will just admire this photo now...

 

[TANZER]

617PC

My 617PC is anxiously waiting for his little brother to arrive from Germany.
Then there will be at least two in the US. [ GA & PA ].

 

[at_liberty]

My 617-1 with target conversion grips:

 

[M6Coupe]

Here are a couple for the thread:



Ahrends grips replace the original rubber ones. The bottom one is technically a 17-6 but I think it fits here.

 

[Inspector-Callahan]

Apparently two weeks turned into three months!