This Smith & Wesson Victory Model 10 revolver was recently donated to the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum. The Varnum Memorial Armory’s revolver is a .38 Smith & Wesson. More research is forthcoming.
The Smith and Wesson Model 10, produced during World War II, had a “V” for Victory prefix in the serial number. Smith and Wesson produced over 571,000 in caliber .38/200 for British Commonwealth countries and 352,000 for the U.S. Army and Navy, in .38 Special and .38 S&W.
