Victory Model info

[m-1911]

Today I got three letters from Roy, all for Victory Models
All three guns are standard US type Victory Models with 4 inch bbls and in 38 Special caliber

SN 960453 was one of a 500 gun shipment to the US Navy on April 30, 1942. This one has "PROPERTY OF US NAVY" on left side of the frame below the cylinder latch. The order was broken into three shipments as follows:

100 guns Naval Supply Depot, Norfolk, VA
200 guns Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA
200 guns to Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
Serial numbers were not individually listed for each shipment.


SN V563992, shipped on August 30, 1944 to Goodyear Aircraft Co, Litchfield Park, AZ

Sn V179410 shipped on December 17, 1942 to US Navy, Oakland, CA

 

[m-1911]

Today I got three letters from Roy, all for Victory Models
All three guns are standard US type Victory Models with 4 inch bbls and in 38 Special caliber

SN 960453 was one of a 500 gun shipment to the US Navy on April 30, 1942. This one has "PROPERTY OF US NAVY" on left side of the frame below the cylinder latch. The order was broken into three shipments as follows:

100 guns Naval Supply Depot, Norfolk, VA
200 guns Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA
200 guns to Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
Serial numbers were not individually listed for each shipment.


SN V563992, shipped on August 30, 1944 to Goodyear Aircraft Co, Litchfield Park, AZ

Sn V179410 shipped on December 17, 1942 to US Navy, Oakland, CA

 

[mikepriwer]

Gary

Your information contains some interesting insights into the production of the
Victories. From 960453 to V179410 is nearly 220,000 guns. From Apr 30 to Dec 17
is almost 8 months. That is almost 30,000 guns/month, or about 1,000 guns a
day - in rough round numbers. I had earlier estimted that over 1900 to 1940,
they were averaging less than 200 guns per day. So clearly, production was ramped
way way up for WW2.

What an effort !

Regards, Mike Priwer

 

[ordnanceguy]

Hi Gary:

Thanks for the post.

It is interesting to me to see the factory letter reference to the partial shipment of 200 guns going to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Most of the Navy guns were shipped to one or the other of the two Naval Supply Depots on the East and West Coasts, with a relative few going to other Navy destinations. This is the first time I have seen a shipment going to Puget Sound NS. None show up in the Victory Database.

Am I correct in assuming that Roy's letter was not able to identify which of the three shipping destinations referenced was the one for your revolver?

Regards,
Charlie Flick
S&WCA #729
NRA Life

 

[m-1911]

Originally posted by ordnanceguy:
Hi Gary:

Thanks for the post.

It is interesting to me to see the factory letter reference to the partial shipment of 200 guns going to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Most of the Navy guns were shipped to one or the other of the two Naval Supply Depots on the East and West Coasts, with a relative few going to other Navy destinations. This is the first time I have seen a shipment going to Puget Sound NS. None show up in the Victory Database.

Am I correct in assuming that Roy's letter was not able to identify which of the three shipping destinations referenced was the one for your revolver?

Regards,
Charlie Flick
S&WCA #729
NRA Life

Charlie

Yes, it is correct that Roy could not identify which of the 500 guns went to which destination. So all it basically says that my gun could have gone to one of the three places.

I was also happy to find out that the early gun with the markings on the left side is a real Navy gun

 

[digi-shots]

Gary, thanks for the info and the posting.

Do you have any pics?