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Here's a specific Model 17 you don't get to see everyday. I acquired it recently from fellow CGer Pvtryan.
The Model 17-8 is a 6-inch K frame .22lr revolver which sports a few features that sets it apart from other Model 17s. Manufactured from 1996-1999, the 17-8 sports a matte blue finish in the same spirit as the bead blasting finishes rendered on some of S&W's newer guns. It also features a 10 round alloy cylinder, essentially making this piece the blued sister of the S&W 617. And, just like what makes other older Smiths more desirable: no internal locking system!
Pvtryan didn't lie when he advertised this gun in "excellent" condition, there were only three very minute marks that I could identify through extreme nitpicking that can't even be picked up through my mediocre photography.
Perhaps one of the most significant things about this gun is that if I hadn't bought it, I wouldn't have run into the consignment Python when I went to pick it up.
Even though the stock grips don't do it for me aesthetically, I will concede that they are very comfortable. Kim Ahrend e-mailed me this week letting me know that it will probably be another 9 weeks until I can expect to see the set of wooden retro combat grips I ordered for this gun.
I obviously need to spend more money on better cameras and professional prop rods rather than more guns.
The Model 17-8 is a 6-inch K frame .22lr revolver which sports a few features that sets it apart from other Model 17s. Manufactured from 1996-1999, the 17-8 sports a matte blue finish in the same spirit as the bead blasting finishes rendered on some of S&W's newer guns. It also features a 10 round alloy cylinder, essentially making this piece the blued sister of the S&W 617. And, just like what makes other older Smiths more desirable: no internal locking system!
Pvtryan didn't lie when he advertised this gun in "excellent" condition, there were only three very minute marks that I could identify through extreme nitpicking that can't even be picked up through my mediocre photography.
Perhaps one of the most significant things about this gun is that if I hadn't bought it, I wouldn't have run into the consignment Python when I went to pick it up.
Even though the stock grips don't do it for me aesthetically, I will concede that they are very comfortable. Kim Ahrend e-mailed me this week letting me know that it will probably be another 9 weeks until I can expect to see the set of wooden retro combat grips I ordered for this gun.
I obviously need to spend more money on better cameras and professional prop rods rather than more guns.
And congrats on the Python too!
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