Finishes were blue, bright nickel, and dull brushed blue for military models. As such, it became instantly popular with lawmen, state troopers and highway patrolmen. It was made in barrel lengths of 4', 4 1/2', 5', 5 1/2', 6', and 7 1/2'. As one of the most powerful handgun cartridges available at the time, it was easily capable of penetrating the automobile bodies and body armor used by public enemies such as gangsters, bank robbers, and fugitives of that era. To be safe, I guess I will call Pachmayr or a distributor because some of the descriptions are long on sales hype & short on details/pictures. Be nice to match other models with frame nomenclature. In the 1930s, the New Service was chambered for. I guess I can assume the Trooper is a 'J' frame in Colt nomenclature. 45 Auto Rim was also developed, that allowed the M1917 to be fired without the need for moon-clips. After World War I, the revolver gained a strong following among civilian shooters. 23, 1974, I paid 101.70 for a new Colt New Frontier. 45 ACP cartridge and used half-moon clips to hold the rimless cartridges in position. The ink has faded quite a bit, but the date, description and price are legible.

It was simply a New Service re-chambered to take the. Well as i wrote above.i want to keep these sambar grips show above.i am not going to be shooting 44mag.this gun is being built to shoot my favorite caliber. The Colt M1917 revolver was created to supplement insufficient stocks of M1911 pistols during World War I. If you have medium to large hands & want to shoot standard magnum loads, you might want to consider a larger grip-frame than the Colt Single Action Army sized grip. 357 Magnum as well as other less common calibers. The Colt King Cobra slips easily between these two classes of firearms and even though Colt’s considers this a small frame I find it to shoot and carry much more like a medium frame gun.

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