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C96 Broomhandle Mauser!
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#22 | | Firearm Aficionado
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Pistol: Colt Anaconda
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#23 | | Firearm Zealot
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| .45 ACP Smith & Wesson U.S. Model 1917 service revolver. The Colt version was great too, but the S&W was a little tougher and just as smooth and accurate.  
Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 acp
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10-20-2009, 01:59 PM
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#24 | | Resident Curmudgeon
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Originally Posted by big boomer  | Here are my choices i could not get it to one:
3. The big Colt revolvers like the 1917 in ACP and Long Colt etc. | If you can put up with a Smith & Wesson, the "Classics" line includes a new production Model 1917 that meets your specs. There's not a whole lot to choose between them. Plus which, I count the ejector rod shroud as a plus. It might be irrational, but I always wondered if the ejector rod on the Colt pistol could be bent in service use and render the pistol unworkable.
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#25 | | Firearm Zealot
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Originally Posted by Cyrano | If you can put up with a Smith & Wesson, the "Classics" line includes a new production Model 1917 that meets your specs. There's not a whole lot to choose between them. Plus which, I count the ejector rod shroud as a plus. It might be irrational, but I always wondered if the ejector rod on the Colt pistol could be bent in service use and render the pistol unworkable. | Actually, I heard that mud from the trenches of France did indeed interfere with the ejector rods of .45 “Colt” Model 1917s. That is not to say that mud was easy on the Smith & Wesson versions, or any other firearm for that matter. I noticed that Smith & Wesson decided to include a complete shroud for their Triple Lock civilian designs after the Great War; perhaps being influenced by wartime experience.
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#27 | | Firearm Zealot
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Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 acp Well, now I'm sorry I asked. It turns out Smith & Wesson does indeed make these fine old designs again, but at close to a whopping and breath taking "$900." I'm glad I had the foresight to pick up a surplus revolver in 1989 for $180. It is one of 25,000 Smith & Wesson U.S. foreign contract revolvers of the exact same Model 1917 service revolver specs except they were manufactured in 1938 for the Brazilian Navy. Mine is in very good condition with very little use and not far in condition and appearance from the newer Model 1917s S&W is making now.
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10-20-2009, 04:47 PM
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#28 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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ruger buckeye, in 38-40/10mm and 32-20/32h&r
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#29 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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My 2 favorites ....owned both a long time back..have neither today and sure wish I could just go to the LGS and buy them....Colt Python and a 30 caliber luger.
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10-20-2009, 08:57 PM
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#30 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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S&W 696 with 4 inch barrel.
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#31 | | Firearm Aficionado
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I'm surprised I'm the first to say this...
Walther P38.
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#32 | | Firearm Zealot
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Originally Posted by nathangdad | the original German Luger and have it chambered for 9mm, 10mm, and .45 ACP. | add .40 short & wimpy & .357SIG to that list 
My top choice would be the Grendel P-31...the BEST .22wmr pistol ever made!!!
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10-20-2009, 10:13 PM
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#33 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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we've covered and covered the old favorites, lets get a little extreme... i want to see Remington Cap and Ball revolvers straight from NY not Russia, not Italy, Ilion NY. or a D&D Bren Ten with the mags...
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10-20-2009, 10:16 PM
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#34 | | Firearm Zealot
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Colt Python
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#36 | | Firearm Aficionado
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MP-412 Rex revolver 
This baby, but add other calibers such as .44-40, .44mag, .45acp, 10mm, .45 Colt.
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10-21-2009, 03:30 PM
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#37 | | Firearm Zealot
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Originally Posted by SightNSqueeze | Actually, I heard that mud from the trenches of France did indeed interfere with the ejector rods of .45 “Colt” Model 1917s. That is not to say that mud was easy on the Smith & Wesson versions, or any other firearm for that matter. I noticed that Smith & Wesson decided to include a complete shroud for their Triple Lock civilian designs after the Great War; perhaps being influenced by wartime experience. |
Yes, I'm sure mud was hard on the WW1 revolvers, it's hard on damn near everything! But how many of us spend month after month in muddy trenches anymore? Even modern armies are smart enough not to do that anymore. In trench warfare, disease and filth are your enemy. Some soldiers in WW1 actually had their toes and feet rot off from trench foot. Not to mention the mustard gas that settled into those trenches like a moth to a flame and blister damaged men's lungs until they either died or lived the rest of their lives with the lung capacity of a toddler. Considering all of the other stuff that killed people in those trenches, the worms, bugs in everything, fecal matter everywhere, including the food and water, dying from being hit by a rifle or pistol bullet doesn't exactly seem like the worst that could happen to you.
Da Teacha: It's probably because the gun is still in production. And I agree, it would be good to be able to afford a real Colt Peacemaker with the kind of quality and attention to detail that was present in the first two generations of SAA's. I wish Colt would have a heyday again and start producing some of their classics like the Official Police, Python and
Detective Special, but that doesn't seem to be an option for them right now. If one of us shooters with a love for Colt won a couple of hundred million in the lottery and bought the company and changed some things, it could happen. But if I were you, I wouldn't lose any sleep waiting for it to happen. 
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#38 | | Resident Curmudgeon
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Originally Posted by SightNSqueeze
Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 acp Well, now I'm sorry I asked. It turns out Smith & Wesson does indeed make these fine old designs again, but at close to a whopping and breath taking "$900." I'm glad I had the foresight to pick up a surplus revolver in 1989 for $180. It is one of 25,000 Smith & Wesson U.S. foreign contract revolvers of the exact same Model 1917 service revolver specs except they were manufactured in 1938 for the Brazilian Navy. Mine is in very good condition with very little use and not far in condition and appearance from the newer Model 1917s S&W is making now. | In the immortal words of someone or other, "Oh, shut UP." Color me envious.
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#39 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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Originally Posted by big boomer | 1. Broomhandle mauser and in 45 | I second that motion. I wish they would bring it back.. OR.. I wish I had the equipment to machine them myself. 
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#40 | | Firearm Zealot
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Originally Posted by Cyrano | In the immortal words of someone or other, "Oh, shut UP." Color me envious. | Well Cyrano, if it will make you feel any better, the only thing I can afford to do with my .45 S&W right now is ... clean it again ... and again ... 
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