IN 97% MINT CONDITION, WE HAVE A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER US NAVY ISSUED SMITH & WESSON VICTORY MODEL REVOLVER IN 38 SPECIAL CALIBER WITH THE ORIGINAL USN BOYT 44 SHOULDER HOLSTER. IT IS RIGGER MODIFIED TO CARRY EXTRA ROUNDS AS MOST NAVY PILOTS DID. IT STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL BALL AND TRACER ROUNDS. THE REVOLVER HAS A MINT BORE AND HAS NOT SEEN MUCH USE.
THIS IS NAMED TO ENSIGN (LATER LT.) EVERETT WIKOFF, WHO FLEW A GRUMMAN F6F HELLCAT OFF OF THE ESSEX CLASS CARRIER USS WASP ,(CV-18) FOR THE LAST 8 MONTHS OF THE WAR. ALONG WITH THE NAMED HOLSTER IS SOME SIGNIFICANT AND INTERESTING EPHEMERA FROM THE WASP THAT REALLY ADDS TO THE ALLURE OF THIS RIG. CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NAVAL AVIATION RIGS WE HAVE HANDLED, EXACTLY LIKE WHAT BUSH #41 WOULD HAVE CARRIED. 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 AND SO WELL DOCUMENTED. THIS IS THE MOST WIDELY ISSUED SIDE ARM TO THE NAVY IN WW2; JFK HAD ONE ON THE PT109 . 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.
