My S&W Victory model is all original now

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GaryED50

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Only problem was I had to make my own pin to hold the swivel in place

Gary
 
Thanks

Only thing I don't understand is the point of the sling swivel with only 1 loop what on the other end of the sling?

Gary
 
I have a Victory that was butchered years ago: replacement barrel with an aftermarket barrel (bluing shows it's different metal) that was not timed (so it locked up on two cylinders); buffed out the S&W logo; filed down the hammer to make notches; lanyard loop was removed and stud inserted in its place; plastic stag grips, and; center pin was shortened too much, and then lengthened with JB Weld.

I retimed the barrel, opened up the forcing cone, removed the milling marks and hand polished it, made a new center pin on a lathe, replaced the cylinder stop, milled out the swivel stud and inserted a replacement lanyard loop. It was plenty of work before it was blued.

Anyhow, I still have to make new walnut grips for it.

On the lanyard loop, there's only one because the loop is attached to the bottom to prevent loss of the handgun. The loop may be worn on the shoulder.

ETA: Gary, I wish mine was untouched but it was in butchered state when I got it.
 
I have a Victory that was butchered years ago: replacement barrel with an aftermarket barrel (bluing shows it's different metal) that was not timed (so it locked up on two cylinders); buffed out the S&W logo; filed down the hammer to make notches; lanyard loop was removed and stud inserted in its place; plastic stag grips, and; center pin was shortened too much, and then lengthened with JB Weld.

I retimed the barrel, opened up the forcing cone, removed the milling marks and hand polished it, made a new center pin on a lathe, replaced the cylinder stop, milled out the swivel stud and inserted a replacement lanyard loop. It was plenty of work before it was blued.

Anyhow, I still have to make new walnut grips for it.

On the lanyard loop, there's only one because the loop is attached to the bottom to prevent loss of the handgun. The loop may be worn on the shoulder.

ETA: Gary, I wish mine was untouched but it was in butchered state when I got it.
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Sounds like you will have the revolver restored to original condition soon. Hope you'll post pics when finished. I didn't know the loop was to prevent loss.

Thanks

Gary
 
Man o man I love those pistols. Keep telling myself I'll pick one up one of these days. The first time I ever held one was at a LGS a buddy owned. He had one in there and let me shoot it a time or two. Most accurate pistol I've ever shot. Shot a whole 50 round box of cheap LFN, every one touching @ 10 yards. Ended up with a single quarter size hole :)


Again, very nice pistol, thanks for sharing.
 
GaryED50 said, in part: I didn't know the loop was to prevent loss.
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Look at photos of WW II vintage, and after, of MPs in class A uniforms. They had a rather elaborate braided shoulder loop and lanyard of white cording. Gave them a pretty official look. Particularly notice during the war criminal trials.

Current trend is to have similar lanyards and swivels to be used by canoists or kayakers.

Bob Wright
 
The original purpose of the lanyard loop was to prevent the gun from being lost if dropped by a cavalryman (hollering "ooops" and going back is not a good idea in the middle of a charge). The U.S. cavalry never used a lanyard, as far as I can determine, but they wanted a loop on the M1911 in case they did. British officers did use the lanyard, though, and Military Police used it to keep a bad guy from taking the gun in a struggle.

Jim
 
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