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Originally Posted by mikepriwer
SV809XXX is a post-WW2 gun, probably shipped 1946.
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Mike
I'm a little confused. I thought the SV was late wartime production, indicating the introduction of the sliding hammer block safety into the Victory line (resulting from a complaint from the Navy). I thought it began at about V769000, and the SV prefix lasted until about V811xxx at war's end.
I thought that after the war, when civilian production began again, the V was dropped and only the S prefix was retained. If all that is true, wouldn't the subject revolver have been produced late in the year 1945?
Thanks,
Jack