CajunBass
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Nice! I bought a Victory on GB...it was advertised by the pawn broker who sold it to me as a 2" "professionally done" conversion of an original .38 Spl. V model. I will say that the cut down barrel, the new crown, and the installation of the half-moon front sight wasn't bad at all.
What wasn't shown in photos was the cylinder charge holes. I got it home (after waiting for shipping and then our useless 10- day wait) only to find out some Bubba McDoofus had hogged out the cylinder and made a .38 S&W into a semi-useless .38 Spl.
Since the gun had zero collector value anyway, I bought a used .38 spl K-frame cylinder and ejector rod assembly and had it fitted and timed. The 2" "model 10" wasn't a bad gun, but I wanted something else and I sent it along on consignment at the LGS.
I hope your new "V" has a much happier ending for you!!
That sounds like you got a British Lend-Lease gun that came back after the war. A lot of them started off as 5", 38 S&W, then had their barrels chopped back to 2", and were "rechambered" for 38 Special. There was a time when you could buy them from adds in the back of most shooting magazines for a few bucks, before the GCA-68.
Congratulations on the find Gunny. I'd have snapped that one up too.