Questions about S&W Brazillian Contract M1937 .45 acp revolver - Page 2

shooting45auto · January 27, 2011, 01:30 PM

My plan was to get a sidearm for each side of the european theater in ww twice. So far I have the colt auto, webley mk 6, and the p-38. When I was younger, I remember my uncle (a Houston cop at the time) saying he used to correct point of aim on a model 10 smith by tapping the barrel against a sand bag or bag of lead bird shot, which would bend the barrel to POA. I am too much of a coward to try this. Anybody else heard of this?

**Mike Irwin** · January 27, 2011, 03:35 PM

I've been using the RIMZ clips for a couple of years now and absolutely LOVE them.

dbldblu · January 27, 2011, 07:26 PM

"While the 1917s were designed to be shot with .45 ACP ammo, most people really don't consider them to be strong enough for a stead diet of hard ball.

.45 Auto Rim loading data is a step below the .45 ACP ammo in most reloading manuals. "

Speer 14 shows the same data for 45 AR and 45 ACP so perhaps this trend is changing.

radom · January 27, 2011, 11:20 PM

My understanding is that the hard ball ammo tends to wear the old softer steel bores in these 1917 guns. They where adapted from a design and barrel steel that was intended to shoot lead bullets not GI ball.

salvadore · January 29, 2011, 09:55 AM

The only way I get any accuracry, great accuracy, is shooting hardball or hard cast lead, the swaged stuff is all over the paper.

January 27, 2011, 03:35 PM	#27
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	I've been using the RIMZ clips for a couple of years now and absolutely LOVE them. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

January 27, 2011, 01:30 PM	#26
shooting45auto Junior Member Join Date: January 27, 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6	My plan was to get a sidearm for each side of the european theater in ww twice. So far I have the colt auto, webley mk 6, and the p-38. When I was younger, I remember my uncle (a Houston cop at the time) saying he used to correct point of aim on a model 10 smith by tapping the barrel against a sand bag or bag of lead bird shot, which would bend the barrel to POA. I am too much of a coward to try this. Anybody else heard of this?

January 27, 2011, 07:26 PM	#28
dbldblu Member Join Date: May 30, 2006 Posts: 95	"While the 1917s were designed to be shot with .45 ACP ammo, most people really don't consider them to be strong enough for a stead diet of hard ball. .45 Auto Rim loading data is a step below the .45 ACP ammo in most reloading manuals. " Speer 14 shows the same data for 45 AR and 45 ACP so perhaps this trend is changing.

January 27, 2011, 11:20 PM	#29
radom Senior Member Join Date: January 21, 2000 Posts: 1,357	My understanding is that the hard ball ammo tends to wear the old softer steel bores in these 1917 guns. They where adapted from a design and barrel steel that was intended to shoot lead bullets not GI ball.

January 29, 2011, 09:55 AM	#30
salvadore Junior member Join Date: January 1, 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,282	The only way I get any accuracry, great accuracy, is shooting hardball or hard cast lead, the swaged stuff is all over the paper.