Club Obi Wan

Can I ask a (probably) a stupid question?
I've come accross a S&W 1917, but what is the difference between a 1917 and HE1917.
Nice lookin peice though, can't wait to get my hands on aone.
Croft

The only dumb question is the one not asked.

Actually there isn't a HE1917. There is the S&W 2nd model Hand Ejector and the M1917 is the military designation for it. So basically they are the same gun, one is just a military version of the other.

J_Weaver wrote:The only dumb question is the one not asked.

AMEN!!!!

Regards! Michaelson

Actually there isn't a HE1917. There is the S&W 2nd model Hand Ejector and the M1917 is the military designation for it. So basically they are the same gun, one is just a military version of the other.

Thanks J_Weaver, I alway thought they were one and the same but you read one thread and it talks about the S&W model 1917, then in another there talking about a HE1917.

Just got mixed is all, thanks for straightening me out.

Croft

They're both triplelocks, but as Weaver says, one was the civilian model, the other the military issue.

Regards! Michaelson

Assuming you aren't actually looking to hold off a horde of fuzzy-wuzzies you don't have to use moon clips.

I've not seen Indy actually do a speed reload in any of the movies and there's a certain panache to dropping them in one at a time. If I had a .455 I would do the conversion to .45 ACP but load and carry AR's.

You can get factory .45 Auto Rim self-defense ammo from multiple manufacturers now and Starline is making good brass (stronger than the original) for it in bulk for reasonable costs.

With new brass (and some would say a new production Mdl. 22, but I'm not in that camp) you can load the AR up to .45 Super levels, if you're going to be reloading anyway. That makes your Indy gun a practical field gun for the entire Lower 48.

Anyway, that's my plan when I get around to getting another N-frame.