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Weirdest Colt 1917 Ever Seen???????

JERRYGSKI
This is a VERY unique version of the Colt 1917 revolver in .45 LC in Blue. It has Pachmayer rubber grips, extra wide trigger and hammer, "Micro" adjustable rear sight, ramped front, and the barrel appears to be externally sleeved. There is an original Colt "horse" emblem on the left side of the frame near the grip, and what appears to be a " P " in a triangle at the front edge of the trigger guard on the left side. The serial number is 313036. There are no other marking on the pistol. I have been told that it is a Colt Custom shop piece. When the trigger is pulled, it only rotates the cylinder, you must pull the hammer back and then pull the trigger to fire it. I do not know how to include a picture of it in the forum. Any help? It is a neat piece and I need to find out what I can......HELP????
I do have pictures available for any added help it might be. Thanks in advance.
Jerry

Q: Why did you shoot him 16 times?
A: I didn't see the need to reload!
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  • p3skyking
    I would have my doubts that the Colt Custom Shop turned that thing out.
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  • CS8161
    I would bet that someone "customized" (ruined) a nice old 1917 revolver.

    Chris8161
    Admit nothing, deny everything, demand proof!
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  • Hangfire
    quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
    I would have my doubts that the Colt Custom Shop turned that thing out.


    I would have no doubts they didn't!!![8D]

    Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob
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  • Contender Man
    use the email icon at the top of this reply to drop me an email and in my reply I will give you my direct email address so you can send me your pictures and I'll post them for you.

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    If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
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  • v35
    Sounds like someone made a nice heavy barreled target revolver out of it. I don't get it about the disabled D.A. feature, because he would be handicapped in rapid fire. You could remove the sideplate to see if the D.A. sear and spring were removed or if just the spring is bad. If you're lucky you can restore that feature with just those two parts.
    In the '50s and '60s these guns and some SAAs were improved by the addition of S&W and Micro sights. In that period many (valuable today)
    antique single shot rifles were stripped for their actions that were restocked and rebarreled to varmint calibers. None of these guns were valuable as they were in their obsolete calibers and the 45 Long wasn't a popular caliber then. Tastes change as did the interest and financial ability to collect obsolete guns.
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  • JERRYGSKI
    Thanks for the responses! Thanks to Neal for the in depth help! I have sent the pictures to those of you who requested them and hopefully the pics will be on here soon! I truly believe that this Colt is far from "ruined". It may or may not be from the Colt custom shop, but someone put a lot of quality time and effort into it. Thanks again to those of you who try to help others!

    Q: Why did you shoot him 16 times?
    A: I didn't see the need to reload!
    Hard Fun!
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  • TRAP55
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    JERRY'S PICS Sorry I don't have the resize thing down yet!
    Barrel.jpg
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  • v35
    Looks great except from the front. I'll bet it's a great shooter.
    In '54 I converted one of these from 455, that wouldn't shoot 45ACP worth a darn, to 30 carbine and really ruined it. But then and there (Korea), it wasn't worth anything as it was.
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  • Hangfire
    Thanks Trap.

    Jerry....I can't imagine anyone beatin' down your door for this one. Sell it as a shooter and move on.

    Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob
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  • TRAP55
    My uncle brought back two in .455 Eley he got for $14 from England after the war.Both had been converted to shoot .45ACP. The one i had was shot alot and had been out of time. It beat the forcing cone out to one side.I rebarreled it with a 12" bbl I got from Numrich Arms in my Highschool metal shop class,added a factory .45ACP cylinder,and some pachmayer grips.No recoil and not very loud now, but i sure wish it was all original now!
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  • bobski
    look for any gunsmtih marks. it could be a custom shop. i forgot the guys name who use to turn these things out....the memories going. help me guys, who the guy who use to put vent ribs on colts for colt in the 40's and 50's?[?]
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