Colt M1917 Revolver
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: patentee
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
label: maker
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: When the U.S. entered World War I, the semiautomatic M1911 Pistol was the standard military sidearm. The Army asked manufacturers to produce revolvers that could fire the .45 ACP ammo used in the M1911. Colt produced the M1917 Revolver based upon their earlier M1909 New Service Revolver. Half-moon clips, patented by Smith & Wesson, were required to hold the rimless .45 ACP ammo securely and eject empty cartridges from the cylinder. The Army persuaded Smith & Wesson to allow Colt and others to use the half-moon clips due to the wartime emergency.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.69026M
label: catalog number
content: 69026M
label: accession number
content: 261907
label: serial number
content: 153867
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Object Name
content: revolver, centerfire
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Army; Center Fire; .45 In; Rifled; Staff Officer; 2G; Da
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in x 6 in; 4.445 cm x 27.305 cm x 15.24 cm