S&W Letters

[RetE8USN]

Thanks to all that suggested that I should get letters on my pre-17 K-22 and my 1917 US Army. They came in today's mail.

My pre-17 K-22 was shipped on April 24, 1957 to Camfour Inc. in Springfield, MA - 6"barrel, partridge front sight, target hammer, target trigger, blue finish and checkered walnut TARGET grips. In my pervious posts on the pistol, a question remained about whether the target grips were original or not. I am happy that they were.

My .45ACP Hand Ejector of 1917 was a US Government Contract, shipped on March 2, 1918 to United States Army, Springfield Armory, Springfield, MA - 5.5 in barrel, blue finish, butt swivel and smooth walnut grips. There was no mention of how many were in this lot.

 

[JP@AK]

partridge front sight

A common mistake. It is Patridge, named for the man who designed it.

Here is an easy way to remember it:

I believe once you've seen this graphic, it is impossible to get it out of your head!

I'm glad you got your letters.

 

[JP@AK]

So, do you guys think Capital One plagiarized this graphic with its "What's in your wallet?"

 

[chiefdave]

Thanks to all that suggested that I should get letters on my pre-17 K-22 and my 1917 US Army. They came in today's mail.

My pre-17 K-22 was shipped on April 24, 1957 to Camfour Inc. in Springfield, MA - 6"barrel, partridge front sight, target hammer, target trigger, blue finish and checkered walnut TARGET grips. In my pervious posts on the pistol, a question remained about whether the target grips were original or not. I am happy that they were.

My .45ACP Hand Ejector of 1917 was a US Government Contract, shipped on March 2, 1918 to United States Army, Springfield Armory, Springfield, MA - 5.5 in barrel, blue finish, butt swivel and smooth walnut grips. There was no mention of how many were in this lot.

Sounds like a couple of nice Smith's, but you need to do something about that user name. RetSCPOUSN has a better ring to it. What was your rating?

 

[STCM(SW)]

"RetSCPOUSN has a better ring to it."

Maybe, E8 let's all the ground pounder know what he was....

 

[Jack Flash]

Uh, ... well, ... back to the guns:
The letter for the M1917 sounds pretty much par for the course. That is, not a whole lot of information. Once the factory shipped it, S&W had no way of knowing what the Army did with it.

I looked back at your old posts and found your pictures and that your M1917 has the early features. Very nice one indeed.

 

[RetE8USN]

Sounds like a couple of nice Smith's, but you need to do something about that user name. RetSCPOUSN has a better ring to it. What was your rating?

SKCS(SW) Independent Duty Afloat and Ashore - otherwise doing the work of an Officer on E5 thru E8 pay! LOL.... Cheap labor!

 

[RetE8USN]

Uh, ... well, ... back to the guns:
The letter for the M1917 sounds pretty much par for the course. That is, not a whole lot of information. Once the factory shipped it, S&W had no way of knowing what the Army did with it.

I looked back at your old posts and found your pictures and that your M1917 has the early features. Very nice one indeed.

Thanks Jack Flash.... I think I was pretty lucky to find one in that nice of original condition that had not be parked. Spendy at $1450.00 but still cheaper than I have seen others in that condition go for. I'm happy with the gun, it's condition and the price I paid.

 

[RetE8USN]

"RetSCPOUSN has a better ring to it."

Maybe, E8 let's all the ground pounder know what he was....

Tip of the hat to you Master!

 

[andy52]

SKCS(SW) Independent Duty Afloat and Ashore - otherwise doing the work of an Officer on E5 thru E8 pay! LOL.... Cheap labor!

Now that's funny.

 

[Modified]

A common mistake. It is Patridge, named for the man who designed it.

Here is an easy way to remember it:

I believe once you've seen this graphic, it is impossible to get it out of your head!

I'm glad you got your letters.

 

[kwill1911]

That's funnier. Is that a beautiful stand of poison ivy behind the bird?

 

[Modified]

That's funnier. Is that a beautiful stand of poison ivy behind the bird?

Those are salmon berries.

also, I dug up a better, more appropriate picture for this forum for this purpose.

 

[Club Gun Fan]

I for one am glad they're not called pachyderm front sights!

 

[steelslaver]

I got the sights. But, am interested in the bird. Whats the story with it. Didn't know they could be tame.

 

[JP@AK]

So now, in addition to "partridge" sights, we have quail sights? What next?

And yes, thank God we don't have elephant sights . . .

 

[two-bit cowboy]

So now, in addition to "partridge" sights, we have quail sights? What next?

Camel sights.

The front would be the dromedary and the rear the Bactrian.

 

[Modified]

I got the sights. But, am interested in the bird. Whats the story with it. Didn't know they could be tame.

That's Boo. The second valley quail my parents had, we had another one when I was a kid. If you get them as babies they are basically like a tiny puppy bird. Follow you everywhere, want to hang out with you, super endearing and full of personality.

Main problems are that they are extremely social and do need to be around you most of the time. Cages aren't really an issue though, so you can bring them with you. They aren't a pet for someone who has to be at work all day.

They are pretty well fine running around the house, tend to hang out in specific spots and you can just put down a towel for easy cleanup. They don't make much of a mess, being so small their droppings dry out really fast and don't really smell, easy to vacuum. And being ground birds, even though they can and will fly, they tend to spend most of their time on the floor.

Which is another issue, since they are tiny and often underfoot, you do have to kind of shuffle around them or you will step on the little guys.

All around an incredibly cheap pet, since you just need to grab a day old hatchling from a game farm.

I'd generally say if anyone likes birds, and are retired or can be at home all the time, that they are very much worth looking into getting. They are so social you can take them outside and they won't leave, they just follow you. Unless they get spooked and fly into a tree. Boo in particular was afraid of heights, so if he flew into a tree it was really hard to coax him down, but he didn't that that more then a couple times.

He loved hanging out in his paper bag as a teenager:

In fact we drove from seattle to northern minnesota with him at that age, he did fine, except for when he decided to fly up into one of the big cotton woods out at fort peck. Took a while to get him to come down, heights are scary!