Dennis Princebury
Adventure opportunities are hard to come by in today's society, which is one of the reasons why action or thriller films are so popular. We can sit in theater chairs and imagine ourselves as heroes or heroines fighting unbelievable danger for thirty minutes or an hour.
george lukas and steven spielberg have made their mark in movies and indiana jones is still one of the best adventure heroes in recent years i think the jones trilogy will become one of their most enduring monuments.
The weapons used in these three films are a very important part, Harrison Ford used the large Smith & Wesson pistol in the film "Lost Ark" very suitable for the era and character of the time. The two guns used in this film are the second version of the Destroyer. One is the .45ACP model and the other is the 455ELEY model.
seller Lou Hatton has teamed up with Smith & Wesson to produce a new modernized and improved Model 1917 pistol that was used by the Destroyer in the movie Lost Ark as a test An integral part of the Centre Heritage collection. The new 1917 pistol is representative of the traditional line in terms of firing style and quality, as most shooters know, the original Smith & Wesson 1917 pistol was due to the production of new Colt 1911 pistols during the World War I Unable to meet the needs of the US Army at the time, the Smith & Wesson Model 1917 pistol was produced as a replacement.
Due to logistical reasons not producing new calibers and cartridges would be preferable, so Smith & Wesson engineers designed the existing large N revolver which uses .45ACP cartridge and has been the subject of many government purchases. Because the .45ACP type does not have an ejection device like the usual revolver , the N-shaped pistol's ejection spring cannot eject the empty clip in combat, which became a serious problem, and later people designed finely embossed. The sheet metal clip divides the clip into three sections and inserts it into the butt, which reduces the mistakes when loading the bullet, provides a suitable head space for the clip, and at the same time, the retracting spring can be pushed when the bullet is unloaded. The only real change to this pistol is a cylinder at the rear and a slightly longer protrusion on the barrel in front of the case. This pistol holds 6 rounds, has a 5.5" barrel, and has a fixed sight. , a neat right-angle handle and a loop tether.
1917 The new pistol is a continuation of the 25 series, but its shape is not exactly the same as the earlier 1917 model, except for the sight and barrel, the other parts of the new pistol have many differences, in the past five years , the Smith & Wesson line has been incorporating these factors into the line of revolvers they produce.
As far as appearance is concerned, the barrel of the 1917 pistol is designed as a 5.5-inch slender, with an external push column, the front sight is a very tight half-moon, and the left side of the gun case is at the lower left front. The position is a modified ridge. This overall ridge design replaces the shell lug on the lower right rear of the earlier rotating chamber window. The rear sight is located at the top of the rear of the shell, which is a relatively shallow notch. The trigger and strike iron of the new pistol
1917 are hard parts. There is a needle-shaped trigger brake at the trigger to prevent over-pulling. The strike iron is stylishly designed with an unusual teardrop shape. On the left side of the case, the popular angular rotating chamber thumb pusher is used, while on the right side the side plate has four real screw holes as in the original design (the last one is the positioning screw on the top). The handle of the new pistol is arched instead of the original square style; the handle is made by the Colt company for Smith & Wesson, the walnut handle with the small square trim is very attractive, it The style refers to the style of military pistols of the past, the arched top is very matched with the handle safety on the gun case, and the wide tether of the old version is retained.
Inside the gun case, the locking mechanism is completely modern. There's a flat notch on one side of the shaft, and four of the six clips are angled at the top, all of which are designed to give the gun a much better fit than past dowels.A more accurate straight-line alignment method. Inside the gun case, the striker surface is flat. Model 1917 pistol with a precision-finished exterior and a smooth, lustrous dark blue finish. The sights on the
1917 pistol are not ideal. The front sheet metal is too wide and should be thinner. At the same time, the rear sight notch of this gun should be deeper. My shooting has improved a bit, but I'm still relatively poor at 25 yards on the chart. Large Smith bullets are not the same as FMJ bullets except for the 2.5" UMC bullet. But it is very similar to the PROLOAD230 professional grade +P JHP cartridge, but personally I prefer the PROLOAD230 professional grade +P JHP cartridge compared to other full case cartridges when using the 1917 pistol. Winchester 231 bullets should be used in field shooting or daily shooting. The folks at the
test center say they've always paid great attention to the little things, and mine is the best Smith & Wesson pistol I've ever seen. I've been shooting with it for years, it's crafted using a pre-war personal workshop method, and collectors are paying a premium for this finely crafted pistol these days.
Smith & Wesson's popular line of revolvers is the best in years, but in terms of size and polish, the traditional line is slightly better. The polishing of the traditional series pistols is almost perfect, the coloring is deeper, the processing is fine, and the connection between the parts is high level. The 1917's strike iron is forged (the popular series uses MIM strike iron), the swivel chamber lock is very tight, the casing and the lift frame are perfectly matched, and the side panels are the same, no trace of tooling can be seen. I only need 4 pounds of force to pull the trigger on this one, which is a breeze.
the arched handle is very comfortable in my medium sized hand when firing the 1917 pistol, but it would have been a bit more controllable to use a slightly larger handle panel, preferably an easy to operate handle, I can Curl your pinky under the handle, resting inside the looped tether. For right-handed people, it is best to roll the thumb of the hand holding the gun in a slightly locked position, otherwise it will be scratched by the thumb pad of the rotating barrel.
