SOLD 1945 PRODUCTION SMITH & WESSON NAVY ISSUE VICTORY MODEL REVOLVER & USN BOYT 43 SHOULDER HOLSTER…….VERY SHARP!

IN 97% VERY SHARP CONDITION, WE HAVE A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER US NAVY ISSUED LATE WAR 1945 PRODUCTION SMITH & WESSON VICTORY MODEL REVOLVER IN 38 SPECIAL CALIBER WITH THE ORIGINAL USN BOYT 43 SHOULDER HOLSTER.  THIS IS AN EARLY 1945 PRODUCTION EXAMPLE WITH THE UPDATED HAMMER BLOCK SAFETY THAT MAKES THE GUN MUCH SAFER IF IT DROPS. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE SERIAL NUMBER BEGINS WITH AN “SV” AND THEIR IS ALSO AN “S” ON THE RIGHT SIDE PLATE WHICH ARE INDICATIONS OF THE UPGRADED SAFETY.    THIS WAS 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.