I have a near mint Colt 1917 that I have never shot,
and a Brazilian contract Smith that I used as a truck gun,
beat up, but the previous owner replaced the internals ,
it's wearing more modern Magna grips, and despite the external appearance, the bore is pristine,
shoots very very well,


I picked up another 45 cal N frame a few months ago, but it's a factory smith, sent to Canada, in 455 ,, in pretty good shape for it's travels