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[[Image:S&W-Model-1917.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 ACP. Note the ejector-rod socket, common of a Smith revolver. Also note the S&W style cylinder release latch and half-moon front sight. These are the most easily distinguishable external differences between the Colt and S&W versions.]]
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The '''M1917 Revolver''' refers to two .45 ACP revolvers with the same designation used by the United States during World War I. During World War I, the official sidearm of American forces was the [[M1911|M1911 Government .45 Automatic]], however supply shortages forced the U.S. Army to ask two major gun manufacturers, [[Colt]] and [[Smith & Wesson]], to each update their existing commercial heavy frame revolvers and build a version that could be fielded as a supplement to the standard M1911.
[[Image:ColtModel1917.jpg‎|thumb|450px|right|Colt M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 ACP. Note the unsupported ejector rod - common of Colt revolvers of the period, as well as the Colt-style cylinder release latch and blade front sight.]]
 
The '''M1917 Revolver''' was a six shot revolver, chambered for the .45 ACP round - a rimless round that required half  (or full) moon clips to load the cartridges. During World War One, the official side arm of American forces was [[M1911|M1911 Government .45 Automatic]], however supply shortages forced the U.S. Army to ask two Major Gun Manufacturers, '''Colt''' and '''Smith & Wesson''' to each update their existing Commercial heavy frame revolver and each build a version that could be fielded as a supplement to the standard M1911.
 
  
Colt already had an offering to the military, their M1909 heavy revolver, but it was chambered for the antiquated .45 Long Colt round.  They re-chambered the revolver for the newly adopted .45 ACP round (calling the commercial variant "the [[Colt New Service]] Revolver").  Smith & Wesson re-chambered their own [[Smith_%26_Wesson_44_Hand_Ejector_Series#44_Smith_.26_Wesson_2ND_Model_.281915-1940.29|Second Model .44 Hand Ejector]] revolver as well.
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Colt already had an offering to the military, their M1909 heavy revolver, but it was chambered for the antiquated .45 Long Colt round.  They re-chambered the revolver for the newly adopted .45 ACP round (calling the commercial variant "the [[Colt New Service]] Revolver").  Smith & Wesson re-chambered their own [[Smith_%26_Wesson_44_Hand_Ejector_Series#44_Smith_.26_Wesson_2ND_Model_.281915-1940.29|Second Model .44 Hand Ejector]] revolver as well. Thus there are two versions of the Model 1917 revolver that are externally very similar, one built by Colt and one built by Smith & Wesson.
  
Thus there are TWO versions of the Model 1917 revolver that are externally very similar, one built by Colt and one built by Smith & Wesson.
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Smith & Wesson continued the M1917 with the Model of 1950, later renamed [[Smith & Wesson Model 22]] and [[Smith & Wesson Model 25]].
  
They (or a variation thereof) can be seen in the following:
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The .45 ACP was a rimless round, and thus the revolvers required half (or full) moon clips to load the cartridges.
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*Action: double action, solid frame with swing-out cylinder
 
*Action: double action, solid frame with swing-out cylinder
 
*Muzzle velocity: 760 ft/s ( 231.7 m/s)
 
*Muzzle velocity: 760 ft/s ( 231.7 m/s)
*Feed system: six-round cylinder, loaded singly or with two three-round half-moon clips
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*Feed system: six-round cylinder, loaded singly (.45 Auto Rim) or with two three-round half-moon clips (.45 ACP)
 
*Sights: blade front sight, notched rear sight
 
*Sights: blade front sight, notched rear sight
  
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[[File:S&W-Model-1917.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 ACP. Note the ejector-rod socket, common of a S&W revolver. Also note the S&W style cylinder release latch and half-moon front sight. These are the most easily distinguishable external differences between the Colt and S&W versions.]]
  
 
==Film==
 
==Film==
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|-
| ''[[King Kong]]'' || [[Bruce Cabot]] || Jack Driscoll || Colt || 1933
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| ''[[The Heart of Humanity]]'' || [[William Stowell]] || John Patricia || || 1918
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|-
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| ''[[The Big Parade]]'' || || American officers ||  || 1925
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|-
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|''[[All the King's Men (1949)|All the King's Men]]''||||police officer||||1949
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Gun Crazy]]'' || [[John Dall]] || Bart Tare || Colt || 1950
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| ''[[Paths of Glory]]'' || [[Kirk Douglas]] || Colonel Dax || || 1957
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|-
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| ''[[Farewell, Friend]]'' || [[Alain Delon]] || Dino Barran ||  || 1968
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Halls of Montezuma]]'' || [[Reginald Gardner]] || Sgt. Johnson || Colt with pearl grips, in shoulder holster || 1951
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| ''[[Farewell, Friend]]'' || [[Charles Bronson]] || Franz Propp || || 1968
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Paths of Glory]]'' || [[Kirk Douglas]] || Colonel Dax || Colt || 1957
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| ''[[Farewell, Friend]]'' || [[Olga Georges-Picot]] || Isabelle Moreau || || 1968
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Amphibian Man (Chelovek-Amfibiya)]]'' || [[Mikhail Medvedev]] || Zurita's boatswain || Colt || 1961
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| ''[[Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] || A biker || || 1974
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]'' || [[Faye Dunaway]] || Bonnie Parker || Colt || 1967
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| ''[[Great Gatsby, The (1974)|The Great Gatsby]]'' || [[Scott Wilson]] || George Wilson || || 1974
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]'' || [[Warren Beatty]] || Clyde Barrow || Colt || 1967
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| ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' || [[Harrison Ford]] || Indiana Jones || Shortened || 1981
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]'' || [[Denver Pyle]] || Frank Hamer || Colt || 1967
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| ''[[Batman (1989)]]'' || [[Jack Palance]] || Carl Grissom || || 1989
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] || A biker || || 1974
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| ''[[Last Man Standing]]'' || || Thugs || || 1996
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Great Gatsby, The (1974)|The Great Gatsby]]'' || [[Scott Wilson]] || George Wilson || S&W || 1974
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| ''[[Newton Boys, The|The Newton Boys]]'' || [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] || Dock Newton || || 1998
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' || [[Harrison Ford]] || Indiana Jones || Shortened S&W || 1981
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| ''[[Newton Boys, The|The Newton Boys]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] || Brentwood Glasscock || || 1998
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Batman (1989)]]'' || [[Jack Palance]] || Carl Grissom || S&W || 1989
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| ''[[American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq]]'' || || Iraqi police officer || || 2005
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Michael Collins]]'' || [[Liam Neeson]] || Michael Collins || Colt || 1996
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| ''[[All the King's Men (2006)]]'' || [[Mark Ruffalo]] || Dr. Adam Stanton || || 2006
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Michael Collins]]'' || [[Brendan Gleeson]] || Liam Tobin || Colt || 1996
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| ''[[Spirit, The|The Spirit]]'' || [[Eva Mendes]] || Sand Saref || || 2008
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Last Man Standing]]'' || || Thugs || S&W || 1996
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| ''[[The Good, the Bad, the Weird]]'' || [[Jung Woo-sung]] || Park Do-won || || 2008
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Newton Boys, The|The Newton Boys]]'' || [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] || Dock Newton || S&W || 1998
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| ''[[The Good, the Bad, the Weird]]'' || || Henchman || || 2008
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Newton Boys, The|The Newton Boys]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] || Brentwood Glasscock || S&W || 1998
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|''[[Fury (2014)|Fury]]''||[[Brad Pitt]]||Staff Sergeant Don "Wardaddy" Collier|| ||2014
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[The Mummy]]'' || [[Cory Johnson]] || Mr. Daniels || Two Colt revolvers || 1999
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| ''[[Hacksaw Ridge]]'' || [[Hugo Weaving]] || Tom Doss || || 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq]]'' || || Iraqi police officer || S&W || 2005
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| ''[[Hacksaw Ridge]]'' || [[Andrew Garfield]] || Desmond Doss || || 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[All the King's Men (2006)]]'' || [[Mark Ruffalo]] || Dr. Adam Stanton || S&W || 2006
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|''[[The Highwaymen]]''||[[Kevin Costner]]||Frank Hamer||  ||2019
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|-
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|}
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==Television==
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Spirit, The|The Spirit]]'' || [[Eva Mendes]] || Sand Saref || || 2008
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| ''[[Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The|The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' || [[James Handy]] || Det. Frank Brady || Ep. "Spring Break Adventure" || 1992-1994
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|}
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==Video Games==
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Game Title'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="400"|'''Notation'''
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|-
 
|-
| ''[[The Good, the Bad, the Weird]]'' || [[Jung Woo-sung]] || Park Do-won || S&W || 2008
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| ''[[BloodRayne]]'' || W&S 1917 || || 2002
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[The Good, the Bad, the Weird]]'' || || Henchman || S&W || 2008
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| ''[[Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault]]'' || || || 2004
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'' || [[Neal McDonough]] || Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan || Colt || 2011
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| ''[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]]'' || ||  || 2005
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|-
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| ''[[Sniper Elite III]]'' || ||  || 2014
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|}
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=Colt M1917 Revolver=
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[[File:ColtModel1917ArmyEx.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Colt M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 ACP. Note the unsupported ejector rod - common of Colt revolvers of the period, as well as the Colt-style cylinder release latch and blade front sight. Smooth walnut grips were used on all WWI issue Model 1917 specimens]]
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==Film==
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
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|-
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|rowspan=2|''[[Journey's End (1930)|Journey's End]]''|| [[Colin Clive]] || Capt. Denis Stanhope ||  ||rowspan=2|1930
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|-
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||Ian Maclaren || Lt. Osborne ||
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|-
 +
| ''[[Gun Crazy]]'' || [[John Dall]] || Bart Tare ||  || 1950
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|-
 +
| ''[[Halls of Montezuma]]'' || [[Reginald Gardner]] || Sgt. Johnson || With pearl grips, in shoulder holster || 1951
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Amphibian Man (Chelovek-Amfibiya)]]'' || [[Mikhail Medvedev]] || Zurita's boatswain ||  || 1961
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|-
 +
| ''[[The Oil Prince]]'' || [[Stole Arandjelovic]] || Prince's henchman ||  || 1965
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|-
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|  ''[[El Dorado]]'' ||[[Robert Mitchum]]|| Sheriff J.P. Harran || Modified to look like a Colt SAA || 1967
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|-
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| ''[[Battles Without Honor and Humanity]]'' || [[Hiroshi Hatano]] || Police ||  || 1973
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|-
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|''[[Mulholland Falls]]''||[[Michael Madsen]]|| Det. Eddie Hall ||  || 1996
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|-
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| ''[[The Mummy]]'' || [[Cory Johnson]] || Mr. Daniels || Two revolvers || 1999
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|-
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| ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'' || [[Neal McDonough]] || Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan || || 2011
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
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==Television==
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Air Date'''
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|-
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| rowspan=2|''[[Fantômas (1980)|Fantômas]]'' || [[Jacques Dufilho]] || Inspecteur Juve || rowspan=2|Ep.2 || rowspan=2|1980
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|-
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| [[Jean-Paul Zehnacker]] || Lupart
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|-
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| ''[[Tales from the Crypt]]''||[[Eric Douglas]] || Lt. Kalthrob || episode: "Yellow" (S3E14) || 1991
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|-
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| ''[[The Lost Battalion]]'' || [[Jay Rodan]] || Lt. Leak ||  || 2001
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|-
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|''[[Agent Carter - Season 1|Agent Carter]]''||[[Neal McDonough]]||Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan|| "The Iron Ceiling" (S01E05)||2015
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The|The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' || [[James Handy]] || Det. Frank Brady || S&W; Ep. "Spring Break Adventure" || 1992-1994
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| ''[[Westworld]]'' || [[Ben Barnes]] || Logan || || 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[The Lost Battalion]]'' || [[Jay Rodan]] || Lt. Leak || Colt || 2001
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|''[[The Man in the High Castle - Season 3]]''||[[Jason Beaudoin]]||Griggs||||2018
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
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==Video Games==
 
==Video Games==
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine]]'' || || Colt || 1999
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| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine]]'' || || || 1999
|-
 
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb]]'' || || Colt || 2003
 
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault]]'' || || Colt || 2004
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| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || 2005
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]]'' || || S&W || 2005
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| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || || || 2016
|-
 
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || Colt || 2005
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
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==See Also==
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* [[Smith & Wesson]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Smith & Wesson.
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* [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt.
  
 
[[Category:Gun]]
 
[[Category:Gun]]
 
[[Category:Revolver]]
 
[[Category:Revolver]]

Revision as of 12:28, 28 March 2020

The M1917 Revolver refers to two .45 ACP revolvers with the same designation used by the United States during World War I. During World War I, the official sidearm of American forces was the M1911 Government .45 Automatic, however supply shortages forced the U.S. Army to ask two major gun manufacturers, Colt and Smith & Wesson, to each update their existing commercial heavy frame revolvers and build a version that could be fielded as a supplement to the standard M1911.

Colt already had an offering to the military, their M1909 heavy revolver, but it was chambered for the antiquated .45 Long Colt round. They re-chambered the revolver for the newly adopted .45 ACP round (calling the commercial variant "the Colt New Service Revolver"). Smith & Wesson re-chambered their own Second Model .44 Hand Ejector revolver as well. Thus there are two versions of the Model 1917 revolver that are externally very similar, one built by Colt and one built by Smith & Wesson.

Smith & Wesson continued the M1917 with the Model of 1950, later renamed Smith & Wesson Model 22 and Smith & Wesson Model 25.

The .45 ACP was a rimless round, and thus the revolvers required half (or full) moon clips to load the cartridges.

The M1917 Revolver and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Specifications

  • Weight: 2.5 lb (1.1 kg) (Colt)
  • 2.25 lb (1 kg) (S&W)
  • Length: 10.8 in (274 mm)
  • Barrel length: 5.5 in (140 mm)
  • Cartridge: .45 ACP, .45 Auto Rim
  • Action: double action, solid frame with swing-out cylinder
  • Muzzle velocity: 760 ft/s ( 231.7 m/s)
  • Feed system: six-round cylinder, loaded singly (.45 Auto Rim) or with two three-round half-moon clips (.45 ACP)
  • Sights: blade front sight, notched rear sight

Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver

Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 ACP. Note the ejector-rod socket, common of a S&W revolver. Also note the S&W style cylinder release latch and half-moon front sight. These are the most easily distinguishable external differences between the Colt and S&W versions.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Heart of Humanity William Stowell John Patricia 1918
The Big Parade American officers 1925
All the King's Men police officer 1949
Paths of Glory Kirk Douglas Colonel Dax 1957
Farewell, Friend Alain Delon Dino Barran 1968
Farewell, Friend Charles Bronson Franz Propp 1968
Farewell, Friend Olga Georges-Picot Isabelle Moreau 1968
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Kris Kristofferson A biker 1974
The Great Gatsby Scott Wilson George Wilson 1974
Raiders of the Lost Ark Harrison Ford Indiana Jones Shortened 1981
Batman (1989) Jack Palance Carl Grissom 1989
Last Man Standing Thugs 1996
The Newton Boys Vincent D'Onofrio Dock Newton 1998
The Newton Boys Dwight Yoakam Brentwood Glasscock 1998
American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq Iraqi police officer 2005
All the King's Men (2006) Mark Ruffalo Dr. Adam Stanton 2006
The Spirit Eva Mendes Sand Saref 2008
The Good, the Bad, the Weird Jung Woo-sung Park Do-won 2008
The Good, the Bad, the Weird Henchman 2008
Fury Brad Pitt Staff Sergeant Don "Wardaddy" Collier 2014
Hacksaw Ridge Hugo Weaving Tom Doss 2016
Hacksaw Ridge Andrew Garfield Desmond Doss 2016
The Highwaymen Kevin Costner Frank Hamer 2019

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note Air Date
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles James Handy Det. Frank Brady Ep. "Spring Break Adventure" 1992-1994

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Notation Release Date
BloodRayne W&S 1917 2002
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault 2004
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth 2005
Sniper Elite III 2014

Colt M1917 Revolver

Colt M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 ACP. Note the unsupported ejector rod - common of Colt revolvers of the period, as well as the Colt-style cylinder release latch and blade front sight. Smooth walnut grips were used on all WWI issue Model 1917 specimens

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Journey's End Colin Clive Capt. Denis Stanhope 1930
Ian Maclaren Lt. Osborne
Gun Crazy John Dall Bart Tare 1950
Halls of Montezuma Reginald Gardner Sgt. Johnson With pearl grips, in shoulder holster 1951
Amphibian Man (Chelovek-Amfibiya) Mikhail Medvedev Zurita's boatswain 1961
The Oil Prince Stole Arandjelovic Prince's henchman 1965
El Dorado Robert Mitchum Sheriff J.P. Harran Modified to look like a Colt SAA 1967
Battles Without Honor and Humanity Hiroshi Hatano Police 1973
Mulholland Falls Michael Madsen Det. Eddie Hall 1996
The Mummy Cory Johnson Mr. Daniels Two revolvers 1999
Captain America: The First Avenger Neal McDonough Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan 2011

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note Air Date
Fantômas Jacques Dufilho Inspecteur Juve Ep.2 1980
Jean-Paul Zehnacker Lupart
Tales from the Crypt Eric Douglas Lt. Kalthrob episode: "Yellow" (S3E14) 1991
The Lost Battalion Jay Rodan Lt. Leak 2001
Agent Carter Neal McDonough Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan "The Iron Ceiling" (S01E05) 2015
Westworld Ben Barnes Logan 2016
The Man in the High Castle - Season 3 Jason Beaudoin Griggs 2018

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Notation Release Date
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine 1999
Forgotten Hope 2 2005
Heroes & Generals 2016

See Also


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