need info on gun

[ozarkridgerunner]

At the gun show today I found a 5 screw nickel 38spl. with a 2.5in tapered barrel wearing some pretty stag grips that had turned a light yellow.The nickle was a good 98to95%.He was calling it a Victory mdl.Was this correct and was it worth 435.00.

 

[ozarkridgerunner]

At the gun show today I found a 5 screw nickel 38spl. with a 2.5in tapered barrel wearing some pretty stag grips that had turned a light yellow.The nickle was a good 98to95%.He was calling it a Victory mdl.Was this correct and was it worth 435.00.

 

[Art Doc]

A Victory Model would not be nickeled and would not have a 2.5" barrel. Assuming it is a VM it's heavily modified and worth maybe $150.

I also bet the grips were fake. If real then add $75 to value. The asking price for this butchered gun is a bit north of reality IMO.

 

[ozarkridgerunner]

After checking the SCSW It said it is a pre 10 they came in 2in. barrels an nickel.Also the grips were definitly real.

 

[Art Doc]

You said it was a Victory Model with a 2.5" in nickel. "Pre-Model 10" covers a lot of ground and yes the commercial M&Ps and later Model 10s were offered in nickel but not with 2.5" barrels.

I think first of all you need to accurately identify exactly what model revolver we are discussing. But a 2.5" barrel does not sound right to me for any K frame 38 revolver.

If you had the serial from the butt that would help a lot in figuring out what you saw.

 

[ozarkridgerunner]

2.5in. was what he had written on the tag also Victory mdl. So I'm assuming If he had one wrong he probably had the length wrong also.

 

[Art Doc]

It's entirely possible the seller was clueless. It's also possible it was a VM that was cut up as many thousands had this done to them after the war in a misguided effort to improve them.

Again, the serial would help us ID it.

 

[ozarkridgerunner]

I will call tommorow and see if he still has gun and get ser#.Im sure glad I didn't buy it without checking with the forum.