wanderinwalker
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Last Saturday this gem happened across my orbit. A S&W 17 had been on my want list for a while, and the timing of place, item and desire finally lined up in my favor. It was a sock-drawer gun, it definitely appears to have been fired very little in the last 60 years. I plan to rectify that by the end of the weekend.
It's a 4-screw and from what I can tell is all original. Narrow serrated trigger and mid-width hammer spur with standard Magna stocks. Pretty plain but I actually prefer the narrower triggers on S&Ws. I'm indifferent on the hammer width, though my Model 18 has the wide target trigger and hammer (but also came with Magnas and not the larger Target stocks). My Standard Catalog of S&W isn't with me, so I can't look-up the year of manufacture. The SN is K405XXX and based on the fact that it's a 17 no-dash with a 4-screw frame, I'm ballparking 1958-1959 manufacture.
And pictures! I'll get some more later with it paired up with my 18-4. I think I'm going to have to increase my .22LR budget for the summer if this is as much fun to shoot as it is to look at!
It's a 4-screw and from what I can tell is all original. Narrow serrated trigger and mid-width hammer spur with standard Magna stocks. Pretty plain but I actually prefer the narrower triggers on S&Ws. I'm indifferent on the hammer width, though my Model 18 has the wide target trigger and hammer (but also came with Magnas and not the larger Target stocks). My Standard Catalog of S&W isn't with me, so I can't look-up the year of manufacture. The SN is K405XXX and based on the fact that it's a 17 no-dash with a 4-screw frame, I'm ballparking 1958-1959 manufacture.
And pictures! I'll get some more later with it paired up with my 18-4. I think I'm going to have to increase my .22LR budget for the summer if this is as much fun to shoot as it is to look at!
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