Walter,
Beautiful pistol & beautiful piece of history!
I had a 6" O.P. in .38 Special and was also impressed that it was dramatically overbuilt for the cartridge it used. I think S&W's Victory Models were far better balanced, easier to carry, used less raw materials, and were generally more suitable as a military arm than the O.P. must have been. No offense to Colt, which made great revolvers.
On the plus side, I've noticed that my .38 S&W Victory spits out 200g bullets with so little bang, boom, and muzzle flash that my follow-up shots are unbelievably fast, comfortable, and accurate. I presume your O.P. would be practically recoilless in this caliber :-)
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