NYPD SV series #SV812246

[RM Vivas]

Double Header 2

In my other post about my Double Header, I described a USMC shipped pre-"Victory Officers Model". That was one of two guns, this is the second.


I saw an auction for a generally unremarkable M&P. The gun was located in PA (a state that is on the top five Job retirement destinations) and had a broken hammer not unlike the many I have seen on guns that guys dropped while wrestling with some mutt.

I ran the serial number through my records and it popped as a June 4, 1946 sale to Patrolman James P. McSweeney, Sield # 13351.



The gun itself is pretty unremarkable. It did, however, have two things going for it:






First, it has the SV-serial number prefix (SV812246) putting it in the range of the last SV guns (as I understand it).

Secondly, I got it for a dang good price: $190! I guess the broken hammer spur scared some folks off, but I have buckets of parts I took out of Jovinos' back in the day and finding hammer shouldn't be all that hard. I mean, it was $190 man!!! How can you go wrong at that price for a piece of classic NYPD Problem Solving Equipment?

I haven't started the research on the owner yet. That'll be the next step. I have to see if I have an SV gun in my NYPD collection. If not, and the original officer turns out to be just an ordinary Joe, then I may put it on auction with supporting documents. On the other hand, it was $190

Best,
RM Vivas

 

[Retired W4]

I have SV812256. Pretty close to your new gun, but a different shipment to Tryon in Phily.

 

[JP@AK]

Robert

SV812256 (only 10 digits higher) shipped on March 7, 1946, to Tryon in Phily, along with 341 other M&P units.

Looking at your list (page 147), I wonder how many of the other 812xxx numbers are actually SV numbers. I own SV812156 (shipped May 1946).

Edit: W4, who reported the above info to me, snuck in a post while I was checking my numbers! A faster gun!

 

[RM Vivas]

Robert

SV812256 (only 10 digits higher) shipped on March 7, 1946, to Tryon in Philly, along with 341 other M&P units.

Looking at your list (page 147), I wonder how many of the other 812xxx numbers are actually SV numbers. I own SV812156 (shipped May 1946).

Edit: W4, who reported the above info to me, snuck in a post while I was checking my numbers! A faster gun!

The Department was surprisingly casual about serial number prefixes.

We can look back with the clarity of hindsight but at the time, who knew there would be more than one set of prefixes over time (S-series, SV-series, S-series, C-series, D-Series).

The Department seldom wrote the serial prefix in, so unfortunately theirr records aren't the bbest for determining what guns were and were not SV prefixed.

Best,
RM Vivas