Thread: Need help ID h older 38 spl S&W
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Old 03-29-2017, 02:37 PM
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In this case, the V is a fitter's mark and doesn't mean anything now.

You have a .38 Military & Police revolver from late winter or early spring, 1942. The initial serial sequence for these guns hit 999999 on about April 24, 1942. Yours would have been assembled shortly before that.
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