British Victory Stocks

[GypsmJim]

I have a British Victory, caliber 38 S&W, that dates to 1943. It has all the appropriate US property stamp, plus the British proof marks. There are no import marks, so I imagine it has been back in the USA for awhile.

It came with checkered diamond service stocks with the gold S&W medallions. No marks or numbers on the back side. All the pictures I have seen on the internet show smooth stocks. Is there any possibility that these could have been original to the gun?

 

[murphydog]

The stock style you describe is about 20 years before the uncheckered walnut style of the wartime Victory Models. The good news - VM stocks are still easy to find and inexpensive, and you have a nice set of stocks to put on your 1910 decade K frame when you buy it.

 

[GypsmJim]

I suspected that it wasn't correct. But it just looks so nice I think I'll keep them together.

 

[DWalt]

Deep-dish gold medallion checkered grips are characteristic of the 1911-1920 period. Early BSR grips were checkered with silver medallions, and by early 1942, they were smooth wood without medallions. A nice pair of the gold medallion grips will be worth something as they are getting more difficult to find.