Colt army model 1917

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Andy goforth

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I own a colt Army model 19 17 on the frame there is a serial number. Above the sn is a capital H below the sn is a capital Y the SN 2675xx another number is i believe a army issue No. 1164xx this number is found on the butt of the revolver
This 1917 is nickle or nickle plated and has a 2" barrell. I have never seen or heard of a 1917 army .45 cal.ACP in this configuration can you tell me any thing about this
 
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Everybody will ask for pictures so let me be the first and get it over with.

Sounds interesting.

It's always possible somebody SERIOUSLY worked over an old Colt 1917 to make whatever they wanted out of it but again we will need some more information (pictures) to help us out.
 
a 2" nickeled 1917 is something I'd put in the SERIOUSLY worked over group, for sure.

That's the kind of gun I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole (not if it cost me any money :D) but I would take one like that over a "Fitz Special."

I'll do some checking on the numbers...
 
Photobucket is a free website where you can upload your pictures and then easily insert them into your posts here. It's full of ads and is sometimes slow, but it's free and works well enough.

Yeah, I seriously doubt those were ever issued with a nickel finish and short barrel. That doesn't necessarily mean that the work was done poorly, though.
 
Andy, for years the surplus Colts and Smith & Wesson's were cut down and modified into "belly-guns." Some were well done and others not so well. Before you shoot yours you should have a qualified gunsmith inspect it, first.

Welcome to the forum
 
"This 1917 is nickle or nickle plated and has a 2" barrel. I have never seen or heard of a 1917 army .45 cal.ACP in this configuration can you tell me any thing about this"

That's because the military never used such a configuration.

All military 1917s were blued with 5.5" barrels.

A 1917 in any other configuration, especially with a heavily cut back barrel and nickle plating has been reworked in the civilian market.
 
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This must have been one of the better altered military issued 1917's i have had it for years and have put several hundred .45cal ACP and the .45cal REM rounds that don't need a moon clip it shoots very well at 20 yards for a 2 inch snub nosed 1917.
 
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AMP44 I APPRECIATE that you are checking the numbers on this 1917 for me i have often wondered when it was issued and perhaps to who i don't know the first thing about finding that info out. Thank you.
 
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Thank you spacecoast for that information. I was told at the time this revolver was given to me by its previous owner that it had belonged to a U.S. Marshal who's name now excapes me, i was told he either used it as a back up or in case he needed one as a throw down. The old boy who gave it to me did so because he never could get it to shoot. He didn't know about the moon clips.
 
I remember in the sixties there were inexpensive military surplus S&W and Colt .45 military surplus revolvers that were frequently the subject of articles in the various gun rags. The purpose of such articles was how to "customize", and/or modify them for various purposes including making snubbies out of them. No doubt that is what was done to the original poster's gun.
 
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