Smith & Wesson Victory Model

Smith & Wesson Victory Model - a modified and parkerized version of the .38 Special revolver, the Smith & Wesson Model 10 - the "Victory Model" is chambered in .38 S&W

The Smith & Wesson Victory Model was born from yet another request by the U.S. Military (during war time) to supplement their issued sidearms with quickly tooled up civilian handguns. During World War 2, the U.S. Military sent many lend-lease Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers (parkerized and chambered for .38 S&W) to both British and British Commonwealth forces (e.g. Australia, Canada, New Zealand), renamed the "Victory Model". When their own supplies of M1911 Govt. .45 automatics were stretched, the U.S. Army adopted the Smith & Wesson Victory Model for their own troops. The revolver was given plain wooden grips, was parkerized 'gray', and was chambered for the .38 Special. It never replaced the M1911 as the primary side arm of front line units, but it saw plenty of service as the handgun of secondary or support units.

Specifications

(1942 - 1944)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber: .38 S&W, .38 Special

• Barrel length(s): 4 in (10.2 cm), 5 in (12.7 cm), 6 in (15 cm)

• Capacity: 6-round cylinder

• Fire Modes: SA/DA

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
They Were Expendable	Russell Simpson	'Dad' Knowland		1945
Operation Amsterdam		Dutch officers		1959
Operation Amsterdam	Tony Britton	Maj. Dillon		1959
Treasure of Silver Lake	Herbert Lom	Cornel Brinkley		1962
Treasure of Silver Lake		Bandits		1962
Lemonade Joe	Oldrich Lukes	Sheriff		1964
None But the Brave	Clint Walker	Capt. Dennis Bourke		1965
How I Won the War	Michael Crawford	Lt. Earnest Goodbody		1967
Sorrel Flower (Fleur d'oseille)	Amidou	Francis		1967
With Clean Hands (Cu mainile curate)	Sergiu Nicolaescu	Tudor Miclovan		1972
With Clean Hands (Cu mainile curate)		Romanian police		1972
The Last Cartridge (Ultimul cartus)	Ilarion Ciobanu	Mihai Roman		1973
The Last Cartridge (Ultimul cartus)	Jean Constantin	Floacă		1973
The Last Cartridge (Ultimul cartus)		Criminals		1973
A Police Commissioner Accuses (Un comisar acuza)	Sergiu Nicolaescu	Tudor Moldovan		1974
A Police Commissioner Accuses (Un comisar acuza)		Iron Guard legionnaires		1974
Borsalino and Co.	Alain Delon	Roch Siffredi		1974
Borsalino and Co.	Adolfo Lastretti	Luciano		1974
Borsalino and Co.	Lionel Vitrant	Fernand		1974
Borsalino and Co.		Siffredi and Volpone henchmen		1974
St. Ives	Benjie Bancroft	Patrolman		1976
Revenge (Revansa)	Sergiu Nicolaescu	Tudor Moldovan		1978
The Duel (Duelul)	Sergiu Nicolaescu	Tudor Moldovan		1981
The Commander		Duclaud's henchman		1988
Female Agents		Maquisards		2008
A Dark Truth	Devon Bostick	Renaldo		2012

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Baa Baa Black Sheep	Jeff McKay	Lt. Don French	Mother of Pearl K-Frame Grips	1976 - 1978
Mail Call				2002 - 2009
Midsomer Murders	James Richard Marshall	Young Peter Fossett	S14E1 "Death in the Slow Lane"	2010
Boardwalk Empire	Jack Huston	Richard Harrow		2010-Present
Supernatural - Season 6	Peter Ciuffa	H.P. Lovecraft	"Let It Bleed" (S06E21)	2011
Supernatural - Season 7	Nicholas Lea	Eliot Ness	"Time After Time" (S07E12)	2012
Peaky Blinders - Season 2		various characters	anachronistic	2014

See Also

• Smith & Wesson - A list of all firearms manufactured by Smith & Wesson.