Smith and wesson 617

[gate76]

Going to pick up a S&w model 617 4 inch, 6 shot,22 long rifle,
Older weapon,
Comments good and bad, shooting at paper,

Thanks

[samrob77]

Can't help you but I want one, I'll get one sooner or later.

['ol shooter]

I like my ten shooter, even with the Hillary Hole, but the forcing cone was terrible which made the accuracy bad. I had to re-cut it with the Brownell's tool. Some issues they have had are, cylinder timing, forcing cone, and cocked barrel installations. I can't speak to the six shot. I attended an L.E. Armorers school on the S&W way back when. Things to check are good solid lock up, cylinder end shake, the forcing cone, hammer push off, and general overall condition, does it look well cared for?

[RocketRider]

The 617 is a very nice 22lr revolver. The 4” will give you a good sight radius for target shooting. It is a big gun for a .22, as the K frame can handle .357. You’ll shoot comfortably with no recoil.

I’ve got a couple S&W J frame 22s that I taught my kids with (blued M34 and stainless M63). Both are 4” and 6 shot. Accurate with excellent factory triggers.

I find the advantage to a 22lr revolver like these are the nice triggers and the accuracy. The disadvantage is slower to reload and lower round capacity (the newer S&W revolvers hold more).

I hope you enjoy it.

[Barbarosa]

Great classic revolver. They tend to shoot great but spent rounds can sometimes take a good whack to extract. Clean, dry charge holes help alleviate that problem. Mine shoots all types of ammo equally; that's the nice thing about revolvers - they aren't finicky about what they get fed.

Congrats!

[Gryff]

I have the 10-shot 4", and love it. A few issues with not every trigger pull being the same, but I think this is something I can fix. Personally cannot imagine having a 6" model since that is a lot of steel hanging off the front of the gun.

LOVE the fact that it eats everything I feed it.

[bmk20398]

I have 617 6 inch, heavy and accurate than myself
Revolver eats any ammo but use good one for accuracy.

red circle is 2.5 inch

[WheelGunMagic]

I have 617s in both 4" & 6". Both are extremely accurate. Since they mimic the larger calibers such as the 686 in 357 in size & weight, they're excellent, low cost training for trigger control & sight acquisition. Practicing with the 617s took my shooting up a notch to the next level.

[Revoman]

Good on ya for finding one. I already had a six shooter 6" and the 8" but couldn't find the 4". It took me almost 5 years to find one around here. Got it now and have a lotta fun with it since it joined the family.
You'll enjoy shooting it. If you shoot dirty ammo though, always clean well under the star or you'll have cycling issues.