SOLD LATE PRODUCTION JAN, 1945 US NAVY ISSUED SMITH & WESSON VICTORY REVOLVER & VERY RARE CRAIGHEAD 1943 HALF FLAP HOLSTER…..NICE!

IN 97% VERY SHARP CONDITION, WE HAVE A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER LATER WAR PRODUCTION “S” MARKED (HAMMER BLOCK SAFETY FACTORY ADDED)  US NAVY ISSUED SMITH & WESSON VICTORY MODEL REVOLVER IN 38 SPECIAL CALIBER WITH THE ORIGINAL AND VERY SCARCE 1943 DATED CRAIGHEAD HALF FLAP HOLSTER.   THIS REVOLVER WHICH IS GHD CARTOUCHED,  WAS SHIPPED TO THE US NAVY DURING JANUARY, 1945.  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 REVOLVER IS ALL MATCHING INCLUDING THE GRIPS WHICH YOU HARDLY EVER SEE MATCHING.    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.