SOLD TUE AUG 23, OUTSTANDING & SCARCE, APRIL 1945 LATE PRODUCTION, US NAVY ISSUED SMITH & WESSON VICTORY REVOLVER, WITH LETTER & MINT NEW UNFIRED!
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IN 99++% MINT NEW UN-FIRED CONDITION, WE HAVE A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER VERY RARE LATE WAR PRODUCTION “S” MARKED (HAMMER BLOCK SAFETY FACTORY ADDED), US NAVY ISSUED SMITH & WESSON VICTORY MODEL REVOLVER IN 38 SPECIAL CALIBER. THIS IS ALL MATCHING INCLUDING THE GRIPS! IT HAS THE VERY DESIRABLE FACTORY UPGRADED HAMMER BLOCK SAFETY THAT WAS ADDED AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE AND IS SIGNIFIED BY THE “S” MARK ON BOTH THE FRAME AND THE BUTT.
THIS WAS SHIPPED TO THE US NAVY ON THE PACIFIC COAST ON APRIL 27, 1945 TOWARDS THE END OF THE WAR. AND THAT PERHAPS ACCOUNTS FOR THE NEW PRISTINE CONDITION.
NAVY VICTORIES ARE VERY GOOD INVESTMENTS AND HAVE BEEN CLIMBING FAST IN VALUE. THEY ARE HARD TO FIND AND WE NEVER GET THEM THIS CRISP. THIS IS THE MOST WIDELY ISSUED SIDE ARM TO THE NAVY IN WW2; JFK HAD ONE ON THE PT109 AND G H W BUSH HAD ONE AS WELL. IT IS ONE OF THE ICONIC SYMBOLS OF US NAVY CARRIER AIR CREW, EVERYBODY CARRIED ONE. THESE DO NOT HANG AROUND FOR LONG THIS NICE.
