S&W 1917 Revolver

[GLCC74]

Here is my S&W US M1917 revolver. The revolver is stamped "US Army model of 1917", "No. 28,426", which puts date of manufacture in 1918. The holster is marked 1917, as shown in the image below. I also have a period lanyard, and the 3 pocket web pouch for the half moon clips. Additionally I have a box of period .45 ammo for this revolver with the half moon clips as well as the packing crate these boxes came in. This revolver is very robust, slightly larger than the previous .38 caliber models. 

[Ronald]

Excellent. Nice revolver/holster and accessories. Ron

[varifleman]

Excellent S&W 1917 and accessories; they're a hoot to shoot too!

[jsalberry92]

Beautiful gun! The ammo on clips is hard to find and I have never seen a crate before 😵

[Scottz63]

That is a beautiful M1917. Very nice! Cool ammo crate as well. I had never seen one before.

 

Somewhere around Army butt number 30,000 the cylinders were changed to allow loading and firing .45acp without the need for clips. I was wondering if yours bieng close to that number was machined for that or do the rounds without clips sit down almost flush? Mine is an early one and the rounds sit down almost flush necessitating the use of clips. Just curious.

 

 

[Brian Keith]

WOW! Never seen a US Military ammo crate with the silhouette of the firearm before! SUPER! Proper use of "clips" also! 

Thanks for posting these great items!

BKW

[silverplate]

Very nice set-up. The packing box is really difficult to find. Here's an example in my collection from Remington-UMC.

[GLCC74]

Very nice crate Silverplate!

[GLCC74]

Scottz63, here are photos with the ammo, it does not appear mine go in as far as yours does. They sit a little farther back, first picture has 3 rounds on a clip and last picture shows a single round.