9mmfan
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So I have one of the Brazillian contract 1917s. If the info I have found is correct, the serial number (203xxx, the 3 might be a 5. Hard to tell, it's been parkerized, but I'm 95% positive it's a 3) puts it in the first batch that went out before all production shifted to the war effort.
I also have a .38 M&P that is dated to 1920. I have been told for safety sake to only load five rounds and carry with the hammer on an empty chamber, the hammer block not being all that reliable caused a fatal accident during the war.
Answering the "Load Up Your Handguns, How Many Rounds..." Thread, a very dim bulb lit above my head. "My 1917 is pre-war, I can therefore extrapolate that it also should only be carried five up." Putting two and two together in a timely fashion apparently is not my strong suit. Of course it's not a gun that I carry, so maybe that's why I hadn't thought about it, but still.
So is that in fact the case (the five round thing, not the 9mmfan is occasionally dense thing)? Or does anyone have some information I am lacking?
I also have a .38 M&P that is dated to 1920. I have been told for safety sake to only load five rounds and carry with the hammer on an empty chamber, the hammer block not being all that reliable caused a fatal accident during the war.
Answering the "Load Up Your Handguns, How Many Rounds..." Thread, a very dim bulb lit above my head. "My 1917 is pre-war, I can therefore extrapolate that it also should only be carried five up." Putting two and two together in a timely fashion apparently is not my strong suit. Of course it's not a gun that I carry, so maybe that's why I hadn't thought about it, but still.
So is that in fact the case (the five round thing, not the 9mmfan is occasionally dense thing)? Or does anyone have some information I am lacking?