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Note: You may also find the number stamped on the underside of the barrel, the rear face of the cylinder, and the inside of the ejector star. In a high-value "extra quality" specimen, all these numbers should match. Step 2: Decoding the Serial Number Range
“V 389241. One of 500 ‘Extra Quality’ proofs. Not for field use. Issued to OSS Technical Branch for silent assassinations in occupied Europe. Fitted with match-grade barrel, hand-lapped action, and a baffled chamber to reduce report without a suppressor. Three known survivors. Yours was carried by a Jedburgh team leader dropped into southern France. After the war, it was officially ‘destroyed’ in a fire at a depot. It wasn’t. It was buried in a wax-sealed tin near Lyon. You’re holding a ghost that killed seventeen high-value targets and never once jammed.” s w 38 victory model serial number lookup extra quality
Production began in 1942 and ran through 1945. Approximately 842,000+ units were produced. Serial Range Approximate Year Early production, often sent to the UK (BSR models). V40,000 to V700,000 1943–1944 Peak wartime production for US and Allied forces. VS700,000 to VS811,119 1944–1945 Note: You may also find the number stamped