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Smith and Wesson D.A. .45 M1917
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:36 pm
by Abner
Re: Smith and Wesson D.A. .45 M1917
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:37 pm
by ChrisMD
Very nice. Now....how bout a range report?!
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Re: Smith and Wesson D.A. .45 M1917
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:52 pm
by micsteam
Very nice !! Yes, it's been parkerized but not military grade (grey/dark grey) .. looks aftermarket black parkerizing. Looks like a nice piece, congrats !!
Re: Smith and Wesson D.A. .45 M1917
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:19 pm
by Abner
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
Re: Smith and Wesson D.A. .45 M1917
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:28 pm
by micsteam
They have full moon clips now ( it's like a WWI speed loader) and even two shot clips as well, check Gunbroker.com you should be able to pick up a bunch cheap.
Re: Smith and Wesson D.A. .45 M1917
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 8:50 pm
by ChrisMD
Abner wrote: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
That's the spirit!!!
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Re: Smith and Wesson D.A. .45 M1917
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:04 pm
by Trebor
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 lesson the value as much as you would think.
Re: Smith and Wesson D.A. .45 M1917
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:31 pm
by Abner
Trebor wrote: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 lesson the value as much as you would think.
It seems that the arsenal-refinished guns have more of a grey/green parkerization or am I wrong about that? This one has a black parkerized finish.
Smith and Wesson D.A. .45 M1917
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:46 pm
by ChrisMD
Abner wrote:Trebor wrote: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 lesson the value as much as you would think.
It seems that the arsenal-refinished guns have more of a grey/green parkerization or am I wrong about that? This one has a black parkerized finish.
It depends on what was available at the time. Sometimes they used zinc phosphate parkerizing which has a grayish green tinge to it. Also common was manganese phosphate parkerizing which is darker and almost black when it's first done. Alot of 1911A1s were done this way. I had my commercial 1911 done in MP parkerizing.
After looking at yours I believe it is manganese phosphate but pics can be deceiving.
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Re: Smith and Wesson D.A. .45 M1917
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 4:09 pm
by Trebor
I'll second the idea that original and rearsenal U.S. military Parkerizing is all over the place in regards to color.
I've seen numerous color variations on what I assume is original factory Park on U.S. contract weapons and more variations on arsenal repark.
