Can anybody tell me when this 2" revolver was made? It's U. S. Marked but later than victory I believe

[GARANDY]

 

[robertrwalsh]

C prefix serial numbers ran from about 1948 until about 1968. Yours was likely from about 1967. The U. S. military just recently retired the last of it's revolvers. The Air Force kept them in inventory for dog training. They function reliably with blanks without fiddling with them. As I recall the 2" Model 10 was a common issue gun for CID staff in Vietnam.

 

[handejector]

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[MajorD]

The military procured a lot of model 10's during the Vietnam era mostly 4" but obviously some 2" as well. Most commonly encountered is the 4" round butt, which appear to have been common issue to aviators in that time frame. A friend who was a helicopter crew chief much later told me in addition to the standard M9, he was also issued a snub 38 as an additional weapon which was likely one of these

 

[JP@AK]

C904260 probably shipped in 1967.
C992545, a 2" Model 10-5, shipped in December 1967.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

We had 2 inch Model 10s in SAC.