Victory Model Original Boxes

MelvinWalker · Mar 5, 2024

I was think this morning about Victory models and how they were possibly shipped by S&W to depots and companies after their manufacture. I know they had to have a box they shipped in, but I have never seen one mentioned anywhere. Doing a search, I found one Victory model that sold in 2018 with its original box intact..The Victory with original box sold for $2450..

Anybody else have or have seen an original Victory box?

larryofcc · Mar 5, 2024

Never seen a box, but original ammo is also very hard to find. Big Larry

ordnanceguy · Mar 5, 2024

MelvinWalker said:
Anybody else have or have seen an original Victory box?

Melvin:

Yep, I have a couple in my collection. Both kraft boxes were used for 4 inch .38 Special Victory Model revolvers. One was for a Navy shipment and the other was for a DSC authorized shipment. A similar but slightly larger box was used for the 5 inch .38 S&W Lend Lease guns.

The images below were taken of one of my boxes showing top and bottom sides.

Today these boxes are extremely scarce. In 25+ years of chasing Victory revolvers I have seen fewer than 5.

Regards,
Charlie

Slufstuff · Mar 5, 2024

Charlie,
Thank you for the sharp pictures. I had never seen one except in some wartime B&W pictures with boxes mainly in the background. Now if I see one, I will know what it is!

MelvinWalker · Mar 5, 2024

As they say...."Well now we know". A person could make a career out of finding original boxes.

After reading Charlie's post, I showed it to the wife who worked retail management for 26 years. She said that everybody probably got their pistols and chucked the boxes in a box shredder, burn pile or compactor....I agree.

Beemerguy53 · Mar 5, 2024

MelvinWalker said:
...I showed it to the wife who worked retail management for 26 years. She said that everybody probably got their pistols and chucked the boxes in a box shredder, burn pile or compactor....I agree.

There would have been no reason at all to save the boxes...those revolvers were going right to work...

JP@AK · Mar 5, 2024

Beemerguy53

Nice pic of a couple Navy flyboys.

When my dad was shot down by Flak in France (June, 1944), he was carrying a 1911A1. Some Army Air Forces pilots had revolvers, but most of them opted for the Colt auto. (At least that is what Dad told me when he was still with us.) I have several pictures of him before he left for England and one or two while he was there, as well as photos of him serving in Korea. But none of them show him with a handgun. Wish I had one like that.

BTW - note my statement above about him flying for the U.S. Army Air Forces. Often we see references to men in the Army Air Corps during WWII. That is a misnomer. The Air Corps name was changed to the Army Air Forces before the U.S. got into WWII. The name change happened in 1939.

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