It is a refinished Victory from mid-1944 with a cut barrel, as is obvious from the missing front lug.
It almost certainly started out as a 5” barreled British Service model. Inspecting the chambers for traces of reaming from .38 S&W to Special would settle that. Lanyard hole is plugged, grips are post-war, resoldered front sight not the original. Before the re-blue, the gun was subject to extremely heavy-handed buffing.
PS: Attached a reference picture of an original 2” model. Note the differences in the barrel/rod assembly.
Last edited by Absalom; 03-28-2020 at 05:48 PM.
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