OP
Old Corp
Member
Well, did not get to meet with my photographer... so I had to make do with my 'PhD' camera. ('Push Here Dummy')
A tiny bit of wear at the front edge of the front sight blade. Another tiny spot of holster wear top-left of frame. Penciled s/n matches on inside of grips. Sideplate screws completely unmolested. All other s/n'ed parts match.
S/N of 2103x puts it as a pretty early M1917 I suppose.
So, help me out here - when did production start? At what s/n did they start with?
And ya'll have got me a mite confused - what's the deal with the 'grooved' hammer? I've looked and looked, but I see NO grooves on the hammer sides. Not even sure what I should be looking for.
The hammer and trigger on this ol' girl are STRONG color-casehardened. I detect no grooves anywhere visible.
At least for this ol' guy, and I don't get out much.... this is as good a M1917 as I've run up on....
A tiny bit of wear at the front edge of the front sight blade. Another tiny spot of holster wear top-left of frame. Penciled s/n matches on inside of grips. Sideplate screws completely unmolested. All other s/n'ed parts match.
S/N of 2103x puts it as a pretty early M1917 I suppose.
So, help me out here - when did production start? At what s/n did they start with?
And ya'll have got me a mite confused - what's the deal with the 'grooved' hammer? I've looked and looked, but I see NO grooves on the hammer sides. Not even sure what I should be looking for.
The hammer and trigger on this ol' girl are STRONG color-casehardened. I detect no grooves anywhere visible.
At least for this ol' guy, and I don't get out much.... this is as good a M1917 as I've run up on....
