Recent content by rambob1

Ed, this holster is described on page 355 of Meadows excellent book as a U. S. Navy holster for the Victory Model Revolver. Unknown manufacture and rarely ever dated or marked. Mostly attributed to being used by Shore Patrol during WWII. DocB's holster not having the leather disk behind the post...

DocB, I just looked at my mint, unissued holster, which looks identical to yours and it has a round disk of leather sewn on the inside, backing up the post. Not sure if this is the norm or exception. Bob

Found this lanyard usage description on another forum. It looks like Tommy is by the regulations, but I neglected to draw the sliding brass loop all the way up against the right armpit which would have given more slack on the lanyard. Cavalry Drill Regulations, 1916, Manual of the Pistol...

Thanks for the input guys. You are right about me needing to rethink the lanyard location. I will do some research.

i1afli, I have gotten some great advice from this forum on my original post and I never doubted the pistol was beautiful. My real lament was I really wanted an all original WWI issued pistol to go with the rest of my collection. But until I find a suitable replacement I will gladly keep and...

I have had these photos for awhile of my M1917 S&W revolver and the holster rig for it on a mannequin done up with an original WWI US doughboy uniform and helmet. I call the mannequin Tommy and I like to take these kind of photos as it shows more than just the pistol itself, but also how it was...

Absalom, thanks for the clarification. That seems to explain a lot about the timeframe of the in country marking of these pistols by lend lease countries. Bob

It would appear that this pistol, among a group of pistols that was distributed during lend lease, never made its way to New Zealand or they would have been marked as such. After the war and after considerable years, they were imported back into the United States, never having any additional...

Back in the early 1990’s I had an FFL and that made it easy to buy firearms via mail order. I also subscribed to the Shotgun News newspaper which advertised some fantastic condition gun deals at very reasonable prices back then. One of these deals were unissued Smith and Wesson .38/200...

Thanks everyone for all of your comments about my post. Bob, I really like your Victory with it's German history. BTW. That holster you show in your post is in gorgeous shape and is a scarce, 100% correct example that I have never seen an example of except in my Scott Meadows reference book...

Many years ago when the OGCA (Ohio Gun Collectors Association) gun show was still held in the IX center in Cleveland, I was walking the show floor and blundered onto a table with one of the nicest Victory .38 Special revolvers I had aver seen. I know you are supposed to buy the gun not the...

Wow!! You guys are awesome and I have gotten some great insight here. I also love to shoot the older WWII hardware and since it seems like I will not be hurting the value of this hogleg by taking it out to the range for a bit, it will be shot during my next trip, at my earliest convenience. I...

Hondo44, You are absolutely correct that the Flaming Bomb Inspector Stamp be gone from the frame. Thanks for noticing that.

Thanks everyone for your input!! I appreciate all of the info and opinions. Extra thanks to Jack Flash for dating my revolvers month/year of manufacture. Bob

I collect WW1 and WW2 pistols and I like to collect them stock, original and unmessed with. I do not collect multiples and only buy one of the best condition examples I can find for a particular model I need for my collection. So in short, condition and originality are of the highest importance...