Just FYI, the U.S. military would routinely Parkerize blued guns when they went in for inspection/rebuild between WWI and WWII. This was done to a lot of Model 1917's. Just letting you know that while this might not be an original finish, it likely is still this guns military finish, and it doesn't...

ChrisMD wrote:Very nice. Now....how bout a range report?!

I have some half moon clips somewhere around here...I'll see if I can dig them up

This is my S&W M1917. It's obviously been refinished at some time (has black parkerized type finish, instead of blued), so it's more of a "shooter" than a collectible: http://www.indygear.com/abner/DSC_5170_sm.jpg http://www.indygear.com/abner/DSC_5172_sm.jpg http://www.indygear.com/ab...

Thanks for sharing your story Gary.

Definitely LC hands down, due to the fit and the distressing. I always felt this way, but just having watched LC again last night removes all doubt for me.

I don't know what I can say other than that I'm so very sad to hear this and I'm thinking of his family.

Noel was a true gentleman and will be dearly missed.

Many thanks, I hope to take some more detailed pics of the main distressed areas, and post them in the 'care and distressing' section. These will be accompanied with the process information. :D JTW. I have to agree with the above comments - the jacket and distressing look fantastic! It looks like t...

Ahh, that's great... Indy meets TopGear!

I agree with Forrestal on this one. IMO Aldens really are worth the money - both in terms of comfort and in terms of how long they last.

I'm a fan of the WWII (and post-WWII) US Army canteens that were two-piece construction and made of stainless steel.

The earlier WWI canteens were aluminum, like the one pictured above.