Isn’t this a fairly famous crash, perhaps involving early personnel or cargo flights to Groom Lake? Or am I confusing this general instance with a more famous/notorious one?
A C-something crashed on a mountaintop between Nellis and Groom? Still there at least until the 1970s-80s?
Nope. The 1917 revolver takes the .45 acp. The .45 Colt is much longer and rimmed. I think you would need a hammer to fit one in a 1917 cylinder.
A somewhat interesting bit of trivia: 1917’s were made by both S&W and Colt on existing platforms from their product lines. They were required to share common ammo and moon clips, but have no common parts. The govt wanted to get .45 acp handguns to the troops quickly until production on the 1911 could catch up. 1917’s are some meaty revolvers and they served well in close combat both as gun and bludgeon. In WI I they served well again, though they typically were issued to troops other than front line infantry.
Ignorance fought. Thank you. I never followed the history of .45 revolvers closely and assumed the problem would be firing the modern more powerful but shorter .45 ACP in a revolver designed for the older, weaker, but physically longer .45 Long Colt.
