The "Miculek special": once you have a .45 ACP revolver, you'll wonder how you got along without one. Here's the newest option. (S&W Performance Center 625).

From: Guns Magazine | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Ayoob, Massad; Nagata, Ichiro | Copyright information

Every gunny knows the history of the 1917 revolver. How American industry couldn't build enough Colt 1911 .45 automatics for the handgun-intensive trench warfare the nation had just entered, and how Smith & Wesson came up with half-moon clips that would allow their large frame revolver and Colt's to handle the rimless auto pistol cartridge.

Countless 1917 revolvers served in WWII as well. S&W subsequently produced it in small quantities as their commercial grade Army re...

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