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Section 8: Handguns Subject: M-37 Msg# 1060468
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| I was in a SAC outfit, almost all of our air crew carried 45's, the most prized 45 of all was the S&W revolver with the moon clips. Guys treasured them for their reliability (although I never had a problem with the 1911) and used every trick in the book to get their hands on one. Because most flights were over northern Canada and the Arctic if they had to get out and walk home they wanted something that would stop a bear if things got up close and personal. | ||||||
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: No, Harvey's photo was of a revolver just an aluminum frame, which they still make. The all-aluminum models you are referring too indeed did not work out, as you said. Nice idea but no cigar, eh? A lighter round was tried as these aluminum cylinder revolvers were being tried as Air Force survival revolvers but even that didn't truly help longevity and the plan was scrapped, as were most of the revolvers. Finding one of them intact theses days would be a collector's dream. S&W returned to an aluminum frame but all-steel cylinder and that was that. In later years Smith & Wesson has experimented with an alloy or aluminum and scandium to lighten various revolvers. Scandium strengthens aluminum. (S&W even used a scandium and titanium alloy to make the lightest .44 Magnum revolver ever.) |
