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Going to an auction Saturday and this Victory is on the list. It's one of my biggest interest but I'm new to this and don't want to over pay. S/N V132996.

Only 2 pictures I have until Saturday are from the auction website...

Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Hi I have a V150360 in .38 smith and wesson. Can you give me any info please. Think it was an uncles in ww2.
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Going to an auction Saturday and this Victory is on the list. It's one of my biggest interest but I'm new to this and don't want to over pay. S/N V132996.

Only 2 pictures I have until Saturday are from the auction website...
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The resolution of the pictures is not good enough to be 100% certain, but all I see points to an Australian-refinished British Service variant. Unless it’s the light, the trigger and hammer appear polished to the white, uncommon on the Aussies and detrimental to the value. If not reamed for .38 Special, maybe a $300 - 350 gun, but I’d have to see it in person. I wouldn’t buy it based on just those two photos.
 
Hi I have a V150360 in .38 smith and wesson. Can you give me any info please. Think it was an uncles in ww2.
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British Service model from late 1942, maybe November (+/-).

These went to Britain and other Commonwealth nations as Lend-lease. It should have UNITED STATES PROPERTY on the left topstrap. Based on your photos it appears all-original.
 
British Service model from late 1942, maybe November (+/-).

These went to Britain and other Commonwealth nations as Lend-lease. It should have UNITED STATES PROPERTY on the left topstrap. Based on your photos it appears all-original.
It does have it stamped yes. Would these have been given to Canadian troops? And thanks for the info.
 
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I have one I recently acquired. It is serial V179579 and is .38 SW Special with a 4 inch barrel, marked US Navy on the Top Strap.

Rambler,

I would question the finish on your Victory. From what I can see the hammer appears to
have a finish other than the case hardening that I am accustomed to seeing. The trigger
also usually case hardened I cannot make out.

Your Victory, I believe, is the nicest one I have ever seen. That is the reason I question it.

terry
 
It does have it stamped yes. Would these have been given to Canadian troops? And thanks for the info.

Could have been. Your photos don’t show any of the post-war commercial proofs usually found on British-issued revolvers. I think, but am not sure, that the Canadians stopped applying their property mark once Lend-lease started and the guns came with a US property mark, so this would be consistent with a Canadian issue.
 
What is this?

I've been reading, and it looks like this might be a V model, if not sorry for posting in the wrong place. My dad bought this in 1974 for $60. What is it and what's it worth?

Serial number on the bottom of the barrel: V282560

Thanks in advance!
 

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Welcome to the Forum, donkoz.

You have a refinished Victory model, probably from the early production (1942?). The grips have been replaced. Someone with more knowledge than mine will be along soon, I'm sure.

Price on the street, $250 or so. Since your daddy bought it 45 years ago, priceless. :)
 
Serial number on the bottom of the barrel: V282560

The serial places it in mid-1943.

You show the serial on the underbarrel, which is indeed the correct serial. But the legal primary serial (same number) should be on the bottom of the butt, next to a (likely plugged) hole for the lanyard swivel this gun used to have.

Also, is there a US PROPERTY GHD stamping visible on the top strap above the cylinder?
 
Plugged hole there. No serial number on butt or evidence there was one. No US stamp on top.
 
Ok. I have a good(bad) one to show.:D

5 inch barrel. .38 S & W. Refinished, it's now blued instead of parkerized. Barrel has no number at all. Assembly numbers on frame and crane don't match. Cylinder number does not match. A good thing, it still has it's own sideplate.:rolleyes:. It's marked US property GHD on the top strap and p behind the cylinder. And it's marked Bavaria Municipal Police. No British marks. A marking I can't decypher above the front end of the trigger guard. Serial number V666397(great three first numbers, right?:D).

It's still a work in progress. It came with the bolt plunger bushing missing. Fixed that only to find out the crane was out of whack so the latch will not close because the center pin will not align with the hole.:rolleyes: currently waiting for the tool to fix that to arrive.:rolleyes:


But it was the only M & P type I found. So I bought it anyway:rolleyes:

Edit. Almost forgot. It has "modern" German civilian proof marks.

Now my usual lousy pictures.:D

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Plugged hole there. No serial number on butt or evidence there was one. No US stamp on top.

Then the butt serial has been scrubbed thoroughly, and it’s technically illegal. Since the property stamp could have been there or not, we can’t know anymore.

It's marked US property GHD on the top strap and p behind the cylinder. And it's marked Bavaria Municipal Police. No British marks. A marking I can't decypher above the front end of the trigger guard. Serial number V666397...

Edit. Almost forgot. It has "modern" German civilian proof marks.
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So the frame, originally made in mid-1944, was a Bavarian Police gun issued in early 1946 and then sold commercially (the proofs) in Germany. If the barrel does not have a German proof (I can’t see one), it was replaced after the gun left Germany. I can’t make out that other marking either.
 
Hello everybody
Mine is V367699, US property on frame, G. H. D
38 s&w. Parkerized finish. Parachuted to french resistance by S.O.E (Someone was engraving his initials on left grip...)
 
Hello. I have another one to add.
V661635
US property on frame, G. H. D
Any info on ship date would be greatly appreciated.
 
Closest one I have listed is SN V662384, shipping on 8/22/44. Does it have a U. S. PROPERTY topstrap stamping? What is the caliber and barrel length?
 
DWalt,
V661635 has the following
-Flaming bomb, US property G. H. D on top strap
-38 special
-4" barrel

Thanks for the info!
 
Then it is most probably what is called the DSC version (Defense Supplies Corporation). DSC was a government agency, one of its functions being procurement of handguns for essential civilian users, such as civilian law enforcement agencies and defense plant security guards. During WWII, most sales of new guns to civilians was discontinued, as everything was going to the military (also true for automobiles). The fact that your Victory has no topstrap property stamping indicates it was not shipped for military service. There are other possibilities, for example, guns supplied to the Merchant Marine and OSS, which are similarly unmarked. But in the grand scheme, almost all Victories without a topstrap property stamping will be DSC.
 
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