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Originally Posted by Paladinsgun
This is the short version of what I know about my Victory V501248). It was purchased at Elliott's Police Supply in Los Angeles on 7 Nov 1960, sold as a 'New' S&W Model 10, with a full S&W Warranty, and carried on duty for about three and a half years. It came with the grips in the photo and without a lanyard ring.
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I'm not sure how generous S&W was with "warranty" work in the old days, but that was definitely not new, but a used Victory with post-war magna stocks attached later. If a warranty repair issue had arisen and Elliott's sold it as you describe, they'd likely have had to eat the cost.