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Old 04-15-2018, 07:25 PM
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It would seem very strange that all 500 in that order shipped to the OSS were snubbies, although it is possible that some in that particular shipment had 2" barrels. Whether the factory records show that there were other snubbies in the OSS shipment or if the 2" barrel of yours was later replaced with a 4" barrel are questions someone else would have to research.

As you may be able to tell, no one seems to know the full story about 2" Victories, other than that they are very uncommon and highly desirable in any condition. Even though I do have a small number of Victory SNs which have been documented as being shipped to the OSS, none of those on my list have 2" barrels. And none of the Victory snubbies I have listed were sent to the OSS. My guess is that there is a strong possibility that there was an error made about the barrel length in the shipping documents. It will be interesting to see if anything develops.

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