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S&W D.A. 45 5.5" US ARMY MODEL 1917 45ACP. Best I can tell this revolver is all original except for the grips which are a later S&W replacement with S&W medallions. Serial number matches on the heal, barrel and cylinder.
UNITED STATES PROPERTY stamped under the barrel. Flaming bomb stamp on the upper rear left of the receiver. US ARMY MODEL 1917 stamped on the heal. There are other smaller proof marks/stamps, please see images.
This revolver appears to be in very-good mechanical condition. Cosmetically we rate this between good and very-good condition.
Condition is subjective so please see all images and email with any questions. Please ask all questions prior to purchase.
The M1917 revolvers were six-shot, .45 ACP, large frame double action revolvers adopted by the United States Military in 1917, to supplement the standard M1911 pistol during World War I. There were two variations of the M1917, one made by Colt and the other by Smith & Wesson. They used moon clips to hold the cartridges in position, to facilitate reloading, and to aid in extraction, since revolvers had been designed to eject rimmed cartridges and .45 ACP rounds were rimless for use with the magazine-fed M1911. After World War I, they gained a strong following among civilian shooters. A commercial rimmed cartridge, the .45 Auto Rim, was also developed, so M1917 revolvers could eject cartridge cases without using moon-clips.
The Smith & Wesson Model 1917 is essentially an adaptation of the company's .44 Hand Ejector 2nd Model chambered instead in .45 ACP and employing a shortened cylinder and a lanyard ring on the butt of its frame.
The S&W M1917 differs from the Colt M1917 in that the S&W cylinder has a shoulder machined into it to permit rimless .45 ACP cartridges to headspace on the case mouth (as they do in automatics). The S&W M1917 can thus be used without half-moon clips, though empty .45 ACP cases, being rimless, must be poked out manually through the cylinder face as the extractor star cannot engage them.
The Smith & Wesson M1917 is a signature weapon for the character of Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones film series
