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1. #Smith and wesson model 10 victory serial numbers serial numbers#
2. #Smith and wesson model 10 victory serial numbers serial number#

Six Shot capacity, Large Frame, Square Butt. This one has great cylinder timing and it locks up tight considering how long it's been in service, no idea on the round count. This one has been plated and the finish is super nice for it's age. Uses included guarding factories, ports, and federal/local government agencies. They will usually have no property marks. Some of these were shipped to a commission responsible for supplying the civilian industries. Victory model 38 Special – 352,000 shipped to the Army and Navy. Army Ordnance through the lend lease program to Britain for distribution. The remaining 384,100 shipped between 1941 and the end of World War II were supplied by the U.S. These countries include the Union of South Africa (21,347), Canada (45,328), and Australia (8,000). The barrel ended at the end of the ejector rod, which was just hanging there, like a Colt or a Model 1899 M&P.ģ8/200 British Service Revolver (S&W Caliber) - There were over 571,629 of these models produced between October 1941 and May 1945 for the British Common wealth countries. (Of course, any gunsmith could do the same alterations on any long barrel revolver.) The converted guns had the barrel cut behind the front lug and so had no front lockup. AFAIK, all the guns they worked on came from British government stores and were originally in. They also did the chamber reaming to convert the guns to. The alteration of the standard Victory models to a short barrel was done by Cogswell and Harrison in England, which at that time was owned by Sam Cummings. Based on this one's S/N it would have been most likely a 1943 year model. V1 to approximately V39,999 were predominately. 38 special Victory model began at about V1 in early 1942 and ran until VS811119 with a date of late August of 1945 (end of production).

#Smith and wesson model 10 victory serial numbers serial number#

Crane and Crane recess are also serial numbered to each other, but this is a different number then the revolvers serial number and is correct for Victory model revolvers.

#Smith and wesson model 10 victory serial numbers serial numbers#

Serial numbers should be matching on all revolvers. Serial numbers are located on the inside right grip, frame butt, Cylinder, extractor star, and bottom of grip. To this day the Victory model is a very enjoyable shooting collectible, mainly due to its inexpensive cost, light recoil, and good accuracy. Many military personnel carried them as late as the 1980s, these pistols played a significant part of our history. The Victory model revolvers participated in various roles from guard duty to riding in a shoulder holster with fighter and bomber pilots. The Victory model was so named for the "V" prefix which was placed before the serial number and represented "Victory" against the Axis powers in World War II. Beautiful WWII Vintage Smith & Wesson Victory Nickel Snub Nose.