U.S 1917......Redone

[bulletproof-791]

could not pass it up for $220.00 from LGS here is N.E Ohio
& yes i do know it has been redone & it has the wrong grips.. but for the price i was NOT going to let it go

 

[Rpg]

Great buy!!

Congratulations!!

 

[Jack Flash]

Yipes! Where's my sunglasses?

I would have bought it too. $220 for a functional N-Frame in a caliber that starts with 4? That's a no brainer.

 

[bulletproof-791]

About what year of DOB ??? S/N 501XX

 

[RILEY31]

I would have probably broke my wrist getting the money out to pay for that one at that price. Great find!

 

[Jack Flash]

50100 to 50199 :::: May, 1918

Per this website
U.S. Military Dates of Manufacture

 

[jack the toad]

Wanna sell those "wrong" grips?
Congrats on the find.

 

[bulletproof-791]

GRIPS

if i had another set of N frames grips i would

 

[quinn]

Ok, who's got the brisket? Guess you'll need to move to Texas....

 

[KEN L]

You do know that finish & those grips are not original, right?

Sorry, just couldn't resist!

What a great shooter at a phenomenal price. Looks like you bought a really nice set of stocks & they threw in a re-nickeled 1917 for free!

 

[bulletproof-791]

You do know that finish & those grips are not original, right?

Sorry, just couldn't resist!

What a great shooter at a phenomenal price. Looks like you bought a really nice set of stocks & they threw in a re-nickeled 1917 for free!

VERY GOOD SHOOTER

 

[VaTom]

Nice! Bought a refinished 1917 Commercial recently at a low price and it is a great shooter. You will enjoy.

 

[JSR III]

Boy, you made me look. Your serial number jogged my memory. I own 50156 but its a model 52 not a 1917.

 

[RAPOM65]

SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!

How come I never come across deals like this?

 

[les.b]

Guys, I know that everything was done wrong, refinishing, too flashy, wrong stocks, and so on, but I can't help myself: that is a spectacular gun, and I just can't help myself, if I had gotten it for that price, I think I'd just leave it the way it is. Somehow, as wrong as it is, it looks right! Not in a strict by the book fashion, of course, but I like it.

Sort of like, "How can a love so wrong be right?"...if you see what I mean.

I think I'd spend some of that money that was saved on the gun, and have Dave whip up one of his fancy BBQ style holsters for it!

Best Regards, Les

 

[Cocked & Locked]

Nice 1917! Nothing wrong with that. I've got a similar 1917 S&W.

 

[RobertJ.]

I would have probably broke my wrist getting the money out to pay for that one at that price. Great find!

This was my first thought exactly!

Last year, I found a Model of 1905, 4th change, shipped in 1940, beautifully re-nickeled, w/ the 5" barrel. Not quite as good a deal, ($330 OTD) but I had to have it, and, as it turns out, it's my best shooting K frame so far.

And, just like yours, a re-finish doesn't mean a gun isn't awesome. I mean, come on, re-finish or not, you still have one of the best revolvers ever made, and for next to nothing these days!

 

[Jack Flash]

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Sort of like, "How can a love so wrong be right?"...if you see what I mean.

I think I'd spend some of that money that was saved on the gun, and have Dave whip up one of his fancy BBQ style holsters for it!

...

It does cry out to be a holster gun!

In addition to the above, I would sell the near-new looking diamond magnums and get with Patrick Grasshorn to make up a set of antler stocks. A shiny grip adapter would finish it off. In other words, unabashedly copy that beauty owned by C & L.

 

[tops]

Here's a picture of my shiny 1917. It's a 4 digit with the grooved hammer. The hammer spur was missing when I bought it and it had real pearl grips but they were cracked. Larry

 

[BC38]

Nice score. You'd be a fool to pass on it at that price.
I'd buy it at that price and I don't care much for nickel OR 45 acp....