WWII Smith and Wesson Victory Revolver // $700 obo Listing ID: 1368279

This is an all numbers matching Victory, STAMPED "U.S. PROPERTY G.H.D."...SEE PICS. This is a solid, no-nonsense revolver meant for close-quarters self-defense by U.S. Naval and Marine aviators. There were few guns available at the start of World War II, and S&W stepped up with its M&P six-shot .38-caliber revolver. First patented in 1899 as the Hand Ejector model, the gun caught the attention of both Army and Navy and became known as the Military & Police (M&P). The WWII version made from 1942-1944 was known as the Victory Model. It is Parkerized, not blued, and includes a lanyard and ring attached to the pistol butt. Marked “United States Property,” it was not only distributed to U.S. armed forces but also sent to Great Britain under Lend-Lease and made in many calibers. After the war, S&W went back to calling it the M&P, and in the 1950s renamed it the Model 10.