I don't see any signs of a refinish and it is very clean. Story behind it?
Yes, it is. It looks to have been refinished but done very well. The lettering isn't crisp but it is not smoothed out either. It an "american" S&W - non-Brazilian A 1917 had always been on my list and when this thing turned up with the Wonder Sight already on it last year at one of the local shops for $600, I had to get it - budget be danged.
Yep, 200 gr loaded backwards and cast to only 10 BHN, going a touch over 400 fps. A really sweet shooting, very satisfying and cheap plinking load.
I believe the Brazilian Contract M1917s (M1937) were made at Smith & Wesson in the US, then exported to Brazil.
A 1917 had always been on my list and when this thing turned up with the Wonder Sight already on it last year at one of the local shops for $600, I had to get it - budget be danged.
