Lunchbreak? Another guy with a different set of dies took over because the first one got sick? .... nothing unusual.
Fair enough ...

Lunchbreak? Another guy with a different set of dies took over because the first one got sick? .... nothing unusual.
Didn't you mean 1943 for the 304?![]()
I have an Australian BSR to add to database but it may be there already, this gun was featured in C. Pate's U.S. Handguns of WWII pp 109, 111. V141756 has all the mark shown plus "United States Property" on top strap. The lettering visible under sideplate reads Rebored in Australia (p111). This is also stamped on bottom of right stock. Left stock is stamped Liberty Arms. Cyl is bored for 38spl, I believe finish is original. Very tight gun.
Both work fine. I have fired them within the last few years. Neither will win any awards.
I guess index card groups at living room distances is what they were made for.
For years, Dad kept one by his chair in the living room and the other under the bed!!![]()
I have an Australian BSR to add to database but it may be there already.
Here's one more, nothing special about it as far as I know, SN V331524, five inch 38 S&W. Has flaming bomb, US Property, G.H.D. on top of receiver and no British or other stamps. SN matching in the usual places including the right stock panel. Pawn shop buy today so no telling where its been.
Jeff
SWCA #1457
Any BSR which hasn't been messed with or proof stamped is sort of special, and that one appears original. ....
Ab, silver medallion stocks ser no. not readable . All lettering and edges are super sharp but trigger and hammer have polishing marks.
Any BSR which hasn't been messed with or proof stamped is sort of special, and that one appears original. SN V331524 would put its probable shipment ca. mid-1943. Have the chambers been bored for .38 Special?
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It looks to be in pretty good shape, in need of a good cleaning but the finish is 85-90% and timing and bore seem to be in good shape.
I've read that early Victory models shipped with checkered grips, can that be confirmed are those the original stocks (no serial # on the stocks)?
Not disappointed at all, thank you for the information. I'd ideally like to replace the stocks with the smaller service style. Know of any good sources?Unfortunately I have to disappoint you, but those are much later post-war target stocks; in fact, they're so late after the war (definitely post-1968) that I can't tell you anything about them. Since the K-frame remained dimensionally the same, any modern stocks will fit the Victory.
The checkered stocks that shipped on early pre-Victorys up to late 1941 were of the small pre-war service style, see attached picture. Your gun is also not early; that serial would have shipped in later 1943. It has been re-blued, too, by the way.
Not disappointed at all, thank you for the information. I'd ideally like to replace the stocks with the smaller service style. Know of any good sources?