First of all the S&W 1917, Colt 1917, S&W M&P/Victory, the S&W Model 10, and the Ruger Service Six are, were, and always will be milspec revolvers. So your "Part of the "Milsped " requirement is parts interchangeability. Smith and Wesson pre-mim/lock? Nope." is as false a statement as your "Split a forcing cone on a nice M19, M66, or any pre lock K frame, and you have a useless hunk of metal, no barrels available at all." is. Here is a pic of me holding a S&W Model 10-5 issued to me by the U.S. Army. Every bit a milspec gun as anything that has come out of the CMP.
Secondly I have exactly $500 in this Colt 1917, including a letter from Colt stating it was shipped the Commanding Officer at Springfield Armory, January 4, 1918. It is a proven milspec weapon that has had the barrel replaced, been refinished, the work done by ODT member Bryan Dobbs and the great craftsman at Dobbs Defense.....Hardly a Bubba Job and at this point well worth at least the $500 I have invested in it.
At this point I am not even sure what point you are trying to make, other than any firearm that has been repaired by anyone other than the OEM using an OEM part fits you opinion, and at this point it in the thread it looks like your opinion alone , of an obsolete bubba gun. You are certainly entitled to any opinion you choose. I conceded that in post #43. But you are wasting oxygen trying to convince me that your opinion has value, especially with statements about S&W K frame barrel availability and S&W never producing a milspec revolver that are just not true.
Edit to add: My apologies to the U.S. Air Force for leaving out the S&W Model 15 and Model 13, which were issued to our Air Force brethren, in the list of milspec revolvers.
