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What years did MIM start in model 65's?

What years did MIM start in model 65's?

I visited the local gun show yesterday. I saw a few Victories. The first table I looked at, there was a 5" barrelled .38 S & W. No V prefix on the Serial. It had a blued finish and checkered grips. I looked it over hard, it looked nice. I discovered that the grips were not numbered to the...

I visited the local gun show yesterday. I saw a few Victories. The first table I looked at, there was a 5" barrelled .38 S & W. No V prefix on the Serial. It had a blued finish and checkered grips. I looked it over hard, it looked nice. I discovered that the grips were not numbered to the...

I'd think about it hard...I was at a shop yesterday. A nice US victory with clean grips in .38 spl. was tagged for $795! Makes the one I have a pretty good buy. I also agree with the post about M1 carbines, they used to be around the $ 200 mark, but anything now out here is $650 plus.

Going over some archives of our local utility showed that in March of 1942, sidearms (pistols) were carried by armed guards in electric substations here out west. The instructions were quite explicit, even telling the armed man to carry 5 rounds with the hammer on an empty chamber. It seems...

I think that I saw the same gun today. The shop owner said that it was factory refinished.

m-1911, Gary. I'm looking for grips, and a lanyard loop for mine. Please drop me a line. Thanks!

Dear Charlie, thanks for the info! I am amazed at the information and support on this forum. I'm going to try to get a pic of the old girl this weekend, and maybe put a few rounds through her as well. I do feel like it is a bit of history, since a lot of that generation is no longer with us...

Thanks for the replies! Rangemaster, I picked it up for $325. Rute Boye, I just put it under my big magnifier and lo and behold, you are correct! It is a flaming bomb. Thanks for the info! I hope someone here could give me an estimate of when the piece was made and shipped to whom. I'd...

I've been looking around a bit for a Victory model in .38 special. In these parts they are kind of hard to come by and my local gun shops didnt have any until a few weeks ago when one turned up. It has what looks like it could be an 8 or B in front of U. S. Property and then the letters GHD...

I've been looking around a bit for a Victory model in .38 special. In these parts they are kind of hard to come by and my local gun shops didnt have any until a few weeks ago when one turned up. It has what looks like it could be an 8 or B in front of U. S. Property and then the letters GHD...