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Article: Many good guns.(TAFFIN TESTS: THE SIXGUNNER HIMSELF: GUNS, GEAR AND MORE)
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- American Handgunner
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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Excellent sixguns chambered in .45 ACP/.45 Auto Rim have been offered over the past nearly 100 years. In addition to producing thousands of US Model 1917s. S&W also offered a very fine civilian model between the two wars. In 1937, S&W manufactured 25,000 Model 1917s for the Brazilian government and many of these were offered for sale in the 1990s. In 1950, the Model 1917 became the .45 Hand Ejector Model 1950 with about 4,000 made until the end of the run in 1966. My 1917 S&W .45 Auto Rim is actually a hybrid, as it is a military issue 1917 with a commercial 1950 barrel.
The year 1950 marks the beginning of the era of S&W modernizing many of their revolvers with ...