Bought today, Victory Model, What have I got?

AJ · Nov 10, 2020

The LGS had this in their show case. Been wanting a Victory Model, but never bought one as I thought the price was to high, or the revolver was beaten up, or it was not the right time. Today it looked good, the finish was nice and it was the right time.No military markings except the Ordinance Marking (Bursting Bomb) in front of the lanyard. Please look at the pictures and give me your thoughts.

AJ

AJ · Nov 10, 2020

More Pictures

More pictures

Wiregrassguy · Nov 10, 2020

That's beautiful! I can't quite make out the serial number but it seems to be 767 XXX. If that's correct it's a very late production gun.

Guy

AJ · Nov 10, 2020

Better pictures of S/N and Ordinance Stamp

Wiregrassguy said:
That's beautiful! I can't quite make out the serial number but it seems to be 767 XXX. If that's correct it's a very late production gun.

Guy

Sorry about the first pictures, not overly good with a phone camera. Here are better ones.

AJ

Wiregrassguy · Nov 10, 2020

Okay, that's better. So it's an early gun. Maybe 1942 or early 43. Someone that knows will come along soon and update me. It looks like it sat out the war

Guy

tenntex32 · Nov 10, 2020

Nice acquisition.

Here's my closest example, just a few thousand earlier and "U.S. NAVY" marked.

Semper Fi,
Dale

AJ · Nov 10, 2020

tenntex32 said:
Nice acquisition.

Here's my closest example, just a few thousand earlier and "U.S. NAVY" marked.

Semper Fi,
Dale

Does yours have a bursting bomb forward of the lanyards?

Happy Birthday, Marines!

AJ

tenntex32 · Nov 10, 2020

Your stocks look almost identical, with regards to color and texture, to a later example I have that shows very little use at all.

I think you did rather well with your example.

Someone refresh my memory, would an early DSC (unmarked topstrap) example show an actual shipping destination other than some generic DSC delivery point?

I don't have any DSC examples so I'm a little rusty on the particulars of them. Just wondering if a factory letter would give any more specific info as to destination other than a same/same DSC address.

Of course I am assuming AJ's example may be a DSC revolver, but once again I am very uninformed with regards to the particulars of them.

Wiregrassguy · Nov 10, 2020

Here's my Navy marked Victory. It is in the same range of serials as AJ's and tentex's. IIRC they stopped the Navy stamp around this manufacturing period.

wiregrassguy-albums-k-frame-guns-picture11890-vgrips-l.jpg

wiregrassguy-albums-k-frame-guns-picture10773-1942victory7.jpg

tenntex32 · Nov 10, 2020

AJ said:
Does yours have a bursting bomb forward of the lanyards?

Happy Birthday, Marines!

AJ

Happy birthday to all my fellow Marines as well!

No, my s/n V162601 "U.S. NAVY" marked example does not. The only examples I have with bursting ordnance bombs on the butts are:

s/n V219624 "U.S. NAVY" marked topstrap

s/n V274223 "U.S. PROPERTY G.H.D." marked topstrap

18robert · Nov 10, 2020

john, nice victory, mine was made in 1943, ser #279xx for referince. stop by some time and we can show our victories. nice...

18robert · Nov 10, 2020

279xxx, correction..

AJ · Nov 10, 2020

tenntex32 said:
Happy birthday to all my fellow Marines as well!

No, my s/n V162601 "U.S. NAVY" marked example does not. The only examples I have with bursting ordnance bombs on the butts are:

s/n V219624 "U.S. NAVY" marked topstrap

s/n V274223 "U.S. PROPERTY G.H.D." marked topstrap

Are the grips S/N'd to the gun?

18robert · Nov 10, 2020

no ser. on the grips that i can see.

tenntex32 · Nov 10, 2020

AJ said:
Are the grips S/N'd to the gun?

Yes the right side stock is stamped matching. (If you are referring to my example showing very little use with similar stocks to your example.)

My only Victory example that does not have matching stocks is my first "U.S. NAVY" marked example that I ever bought. (s/n V219624) It has a rather large crude "HDL" carved into the right side stock which is non-matching s/n wise......but not too terribly far off considering how many were made. Most likely swapped out while still in service during cleaning, maintenance, etc., but who really knows for sure?

It was found at a small gunshop not too far from where I live and I've often wondered who HDL is/was. (The only gun purchase I've ever made with my wife standing right there watching the deal go down.

)

AJ · Nov 10, 2020

S/N under Grip

Pulled the grips on the Victory. The right hand grip is S/N'd to the revolver. That makes the same S/N showing up on the frame, the barrel, the cylinder and the grips.

tenntex32 · Nov 10, 2020

AJ said:
Pulled the grips on the Victory. The right hand grip is S/N'd to the revolver. That makes the same S/N showing up on the frame, the barrel, the cylinder and the grips.

The same s/n should also be on the rear facing flat of the yoke, as viewed through an empty chamber.........as well as on the backside of the star extractor.

Most likely all is right with your example's serial numbers considering it's fine condition.

And if you ever want to know if your removable sideplate is original to the revolver then the assembly number stamped on it's backside should match the assembly number on the frame and yoke. I'd bet yours is good to go as well.

tenntex32 · Nov 10, 2020

AJ said:
Pulled the grips on the Victory. The right hand grip is S/N'd to the revolver. That makes the same S/N showing up on the frame, the barrel, the cylinder and the grips.

The serial number on my V162601 example's stock didn't get stamped quite as nicely as yours!

Looks like they did a better job on V274223's minty stocks though.

AJ · Nov 10, 2020

tenntex32 said:
The same s/n should also be on the rear facing flat of the yoke, as viewed through an empty chamber.........as well as on the backside of the star extractor.

Most likely all is right with your example's serial numbers considering it's fine condition.

And if you ever want to know if your removable sideplate is original to the revolver then the assembly number stamped on it's backside should match the assembly number on the frame and yoke. I'd bet yours is good to go as well.

Yes, on the yoke and the star extractor. I looked and able to see both.

Maybe someday I will get ambitious and take the side plate off.

tenntex32 · Nov 10, 2020

Disclaimer........I do have one "probable" with regards to my matching stocked Victory examples.

s/n V79366. It looks like whoever stamped the stock thought one "6" was good enough or they missed the stock entirely with the punch?????

Oh well......can't win'em all.

Bought today, Victory Model, What have I got?

US Veteran

Attachments

US Veteran

Attachments

US Veteran

Attachments

Member

Attachments

US Veteran

Member

Attachments

Member

Attachments

US Veteran

US Veteran

US Veteran

US Veteran

Member

Attachments

US Veteran

Attachments

Member

Member

Attachments

US Veteran

Member

Attachments

Similar threads