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**C&R FFL OK**
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IN 1917, TO SUPPLEMENT THE STANDARD .45 ACP MODEL 1911 PISTOL DURING THE GREAT WAR. TO PUT NUMBERS INTO PERSPECTIVE, M1917S FIELDED DURING THE WAR NUMBERED ABOUT 2/3 THE NUMBER OF M1911S ISSUED, SO A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF ALL US TROOPS REQUIRING SIDEARMS WERE CARRYING THESE HEFTY REVOLVERS.