S&W Model 1917 45acp WWI Revolver

Fun Gun Reviews Presents: The S&W Model 1917 45acp Revolver. Produced to suppliment the 1911 45acp Semi-Auto Pistol during WWI, the M1917 is a piece of history and excellent firearm.

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[sootch00]

@okdanhe I live in America and it's a common motto here in the States. It doesn't exclude anyone but the same as saying God Bless you... I don't mean God ONLY Bless you. This is about a revolver not anything else.

[TheLegumMagister]

These revolvers are fabulous. I had a Brazillian Contract (M1937) DA 45 revolver. It was phenomenally accurate and was the only one of my pistols to survive the Great British Government Handgun Heist of 1995. It now resides in the collection of guns saved for the Royal Armories in Leeds. Not sure if that was a better or worse fate than being melted down, like the rest of them. If I could have just one handgun, then I think it would probably be one of these.

[ITSBRANDENYAEY]

@pazuzuairsoft cool story bro

[Paracordian]

hahahaha im gay

[SuperLou63]

The US Post Office used these guns for years. They were issued to Letter Carriers on collection detail.

[pazuzuairsoft]

i had a girlfriend and loved her very much, she loved guns but one day she said the 9mm was better than the 45acp... so i dumped her

[fuzzylumps1]

@chrismc410

>2012

>not hand loading for your webley

>ISHYGDDT

[chrismc410]

@fuzzylumps1 The problem with the Webley is it wasnt really designed to fire .45 ACP, standard .45 ACP to a Webley is like a twice the power of a proof load. There as been a lot of accounts of cylinders blowing up because it wasnt meant to handle it. The 1917s are designed to handle the .45 ACPs all day. If someone could make a Webley with modern steels that can handle the ACPs powder charge, then that would be intresting.

[Nanjing03]

@chrismc410 you're going to love that .45 ACP service revolver. As far as the use of FMJ bullets by the armed forces, any "wear" issue could have been addressed by simply having the guns in question rebarreled. I will admit that I have shot plenty of 230 grain FMJs before I happened on a case of [then] inexpensive .45 ACP LSWC rounds.

[chrismc410]

@Nanjing03 I recently bought a Brazilan Contract 1917 as well, Other than the US Army stamp, it is virtually identical to the piece shown here. Its my understanding all 1917s were designed to use the 230 grain ball round the 1911 uses as it was designed as a supplement for it.

[Mr683465]

my favorite revolver.

[Nanjing03]

Great service revolver. I picked up an excellent Smith & Wesson "Brazilian contract" version of the U.S. Model 1917 for $200 about 25 years ago. It has a beautiful precision trigger pill. It shoots great and it is one of the most accurate handguns that I own. I heard that is is best to shoot "unjacketed" lead ball or SWCs to prevent wear on the rifling which is shallower than modern guns. I use 200 grain lead SWCs -- so that might contribute to it's inherent accuracy.