grips with the right side bottom showing a little very worn in shallow chipping to the extreme edge only, lanyard ring intact, fine case color on hammer and trigger, exc.
barrel and cylinder blue with minor edge wear only, nice frame blue with a couple spots of holster wear on right side just ahead of grips and a little on the top strap, exc. blue on the butt and front strap which shows just some minor thinning near the butt, exc. original blue with just the back strap showing wear to gray/brown, exc. 45ACP PRE-WORLD WAR II REVOLVER, #177XXX, MADE CIRCA 1930, all matching numbers including the diamond checkered grips, shows exc. From Gun Digest the Magazine classifieds advertiser is this 1917. It has a rich, well-documented history spanning two world wars. If ink spilled in firearms literature is any indication, much found right here at Gun Digest, then this is a significant gun indeed. There is a lot for gun collectors to like about it. 45-ACP - both became known to the Army brass and countless soldiers simply as the M1917. No military gun collection would be complete without the Smith & Wesson Model 1917, which - along with Colt’s New Service.
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