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Old 11-24-2019, 05:23 PM
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It was, along with 1999 of its siblings, shipped a whopping quarter of a mile from the S&W factory on Stockbridge Street in Springfield to the Springfield Ordnance District on State Street.

Where it went after that is anyone's guess.

I know y'all like photos, so I'll shut up and here ya go ...















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Old 11-24-2019, 05:50 PM
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Very cool! They are such classic revolvers. Mine was brought back from Europe by my Grandad in 1946. A few years ago I got a letter for it and it was originally shipped to Naval Strategic Services, Naval Station Norfolk on Aug 22, 1944.
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Outstanding. That old veteran has character. Thanks for sharing it.

You know there's a thread running here on the Victory, still active, since 2011. It has over 1200 posts and is 100 pages long. You should post your photos there too and add your serial number to the data base.

Here's the link: Victory data base

My Victory shipped to the US Naval Depot, Oakland, California in June 1943.
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Color me jealous...……...still awaiting an SV prefixed Victory example as well as an SV prefixed commercial post WWII M&P example for the collection.

Funny enough your SV prefixed Victory example has a later serial number than the following post WWII M&P in the pics I have provided. (Unfortunately it is not my revolver.) Look closely at the butt pic and you will see where the lanyard loop hole was filled in by S&W for use as a "commercial" sales M&P.

Thanks for sharing your example,
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It was, along with 1999 of its siblings, shipped a whopping quarter of a mile from the S&W factory on Stockbridge Street in Springfield to the Springfield Ordnance District on State Street.

Where it went after that is anyone's guess.
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Not that you necessarily need or want to know this, or maybe you already do :

But this came up some time ago on another unrelated occasion. The address on the invoice at 95 State Street is an office building built in 1929 (still standing and long known as the MassMutual building) where the Ordnance District apparently rented space for administrative offices. The actual Springfield Armory where the US Army Ordnance District handled guns and where the guns likely were delivered (since the Army Supply Program actually managed Victory shipments for the Navy) also borders State Street, but about .7 miles away.
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Hmmm ...

Stuff that nobody cares about.

2000 Victory Models weighs 4250 lbs. without packing, about the same as my pickup.
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Great Victory revolver. The appeal of that old iron is difficult to understand , but there it is.

Side note: So many old revolver grip butts look like that - were they actually used as hammers?
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Great Victory revolver. The appeal of that old iron is difficult to understand , but there it is.

Side note: So many old revolver grip butts look like that - were they actually used as hammers?
I have seen numerous revolvers' butts having the telltale perfect round "nailhead" impressions in the wood.

Too many old western TV shows and movies showing the town marshal nailing up a wanted poster using the butt of his revolver...…………..
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