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Thread: My last remaining Sistema Colt...

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  1. #11
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    Simply beautiful, surely a keeper.
    Originality can't be restored, so put "originality" at the top of a priority list. If JMB didn't put it on the 1911 you don't need it.
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  2. #12
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    This Sistema Colt and a Star Firestar .45 are my last .45 autoloading pistols, after having had a few over the years since 1971...but I recently found an old commercial Smith DA .45 ACP revolver from about 1920...waiting for the moon clips right now.

  3. #13
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    Between the Colt 1917 and the S&W 1917 or commercial equivalents, I've always preferred the S&W for the grip. It just fits my hand better although I do fine with the Colt. Both are quality revolvers.

    IF your new S&W has chambers with a shelf (and it should) to prevent the cartridge from going all the way through, you can shoot it. You just have to use a pencil or something similar to push each empty case from the cylinder.

  4. #14
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    It does have the stepped chambers...and it is in almost great condition, except where it looks like somebody used it for a hammer...Original grips, light holster wear and locks up like new.
    I was picking up a gun I bought online at the FFL - a 1916 Colt Police Positive - and the sales guy told me I should look at this old Smith...bought it immediately. I have had a Colt 1917, too, and it looks really menacing, but I found it hard to load even with moon clips...
    The Smith is my preference, too. Colt revolvers are just a passing phase for me.

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