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Old 04-23-2012, 11:33 PM
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Here is V431996. Anyone know about these "United States Defense Supply Corporation Contract guns?
The Chief of Ordnance permitted the Defense Supplies Corporation to enter into a contract with Smith & Wesson that diverted Victory model revolvers to commercial customers deemed essential to the war effort. Essentially, the DSC's function was to allot (or if you prefer, ration) this small portion of overall production for purposes such as guarding war material plants, storage facilities, transportation assets, utilities, and so forth, as well as providing sidearms to civilian law enforcement agencies.
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