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I've got one of the 1937 Brazilian contract variations of the 1917 S&W model 1917 45. I love the old gun. For about 12-15 years I've fired only UMC 45 ACP 230 grain FMJ in it as a target load using full moon clips, and over that time I've also fired about one full box of R-P 230 grain LRN 45Auto...

I've been told that every caliber handgun has an optimum or ideal barrel length, meaning the barrel length where the powder burn inside the barrel still propels the bullet faster than the friction caused by additional barrel length slows it down. (I guess it also must depend to some degree on...

Battered but unbowed.

I have a photo of my old 1937 Brazilian contract S&W 45 and its 1942 Tex Tan holster in my Windows photo gallery. I'd like to send it out to this forum. (Several members here helped me get the gun back in working order after I'd had some recent problems with it, and I thought they might like to...

I have a S&W 45 made in 1937 for Brazilian contract. It's been a great cheap shooter for about 12-15 years and my main home defender until recently, when it got out of time and locked up. I know NOTHING about gunsmithing but can't afford to pay one so I tried to fiddle with it myself. Bad...