bernie
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I am, as many of you surely are, a revolver aficionado. I am also appreciate US military history. How about posting up some pics of centerfire revolvers in use by our armed forces. I will start with this:
Revolvers in US military service
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Pat Riot
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Okay, I’ll bite. What is that get up? It looks like a model 10 with a suppressor and optical sight but the headlamp with perhaps a mouth switch…is it a tunnel rat setup?
bernie
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That is what it is.
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NeroM
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Which revolver could be considered the most famous,
Colt SAA or S&W Victory ?
Or other ?
Colt SAA or S&W Victory ?
Or other ?
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bangswitch
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I know no details about who these guys were; I saw the picture in an article in the Spring issue of Air and Space Quarterly about helicopters and their medevac uses
during Korea. The guy on the left has to be carrying a SAA, look at the size of the cartridges on his belt. The revolver definitely has a Western style grip, and if you look closely you can see the tall hammer spur in front of the retention strap of his holster.
during Korea. The guy on the left has to be carrying a SAA, look at the size of the cartridges on his belt. The revolver definitely has a Western style grip, and if you look closely you can see the tall hammer spur in front of the retention strap of his holster.
AlexanderA
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Why would they try to suppress a revolver, considering the cylinder / barrel gap?
ontarget
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I've wondered that myself. Best I can guess is that any suppression is better than nothing in the very small spaces of a tunnel.
wcwhitey
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It wasn’t about stealth so much as hearing damage and loss of sight from muzzle flash in close quarters. Had a friend of the family that was his platoons designated tunnel guy In Vietnam. He used a Colt Ace .22 for that very reason.
But yes with the revolver there would still be some of that from the cylinder gap.
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bernie
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Bangswitch, that is a cool photo!
.455_Hunter
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Yup- My Grandfather carried a Colt M1917 as a machine gunner in the AEF.
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NeroM
Hands down I would have to go with the Colt SAA as being the most famous revolver in U.S. military service.
My Colt SAA look-alike (probably as close as I'm ever going to get to the real thing),: an ASM/EMF Hartford Model U.S. Cavalry .45 Colt.
Hands down I would have to go with the Colt SAA as being the most famous revolver in U.S. military service.
My Colt SAA look-alike (probably as close as I'm ever going to get to the real thing),: an ASM/EMF Hartford Model U.S. Cavalry .45 Colt.
Terry G
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My S&W 1917 bought for an absurd price during the "Golden Age" of C&R.
BigBlue 94
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I took the OP to mean pics of the revolvers in service. Like actually in service in the pic...
I have kept the tradition alive with my Colt 1917. It has been on my side all throughout CO, even camping on the Continental Divide trail.
bernie
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Bigblue, your are right. That is what I meant but my wording was not super clear. I got to thinking about this because I just bought a stainless Security Six with a 2 3/4" barrel at a good price that supposedly came from security duty at a Coast Guard Station in Puerto Rico. However, if someone wanted to post a photo of their revolver, I was not going to poo poo on them.
BigBlue 94
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Both of em southpaws? Or a mirrored image? Curious lol
bernie
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I think that they must both be lefties. I do not believe that the photo is mirrored because there is a "1" on the front of the locomotive.
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