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    A well worn holster too, nice Mk 1 too.
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    Well the Victory came in today. I like it. Lots of honest wear but no pitting. The bore is strong with a little frost on the cylinder end. May clean up. The cylinder timing is good and lock up perfect even when holding pressure against the rotation. Finish and wear on cylinder matches the rest of the weapon. Head space appears good. I didn't have my feeler gauges but if the gap was any less I think it would be too close. The grips are replacement, I am guessing, as they are oversized. I checked inside the grips: no serial number, and condition is MUCH better than the rest of the weapon. I have another set of used grips that should be a better match. I also checked and the serial number on underside of barrel and bottom of grip frame match. V 8657. Very early for a Victory, as I understand, but not unheard of. All in all, well worth $300!!!! Oh, BTW, I picked up a really nice shoulder holster with 12 leather cartridge loops on the strap from Great War Supply. Very cool. It will look great with my Inland M1icon carbine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imarangemaster View Post
    I didn't have my feeler gauges but if the gap was any less I think it would be too close.
    I've never seen that be an issue.
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    A collector on the S&W forum speculated that the headspace might be off since the cylinder had been replaced. I can maybe get a thin business card trough the gap, but that's about it. I shot an old Model 3 S&W in .44 Russianicon, and it had a huge gap (relatively). Still shot well enough, at least minute of bandit at 25 yards! The nice thing about revolvers is that as long as lock up is good (and the chamber fairly well lined up with the forcing cone), and the firing pin hits the primer, they usually work as intended.
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    Back in the day when we could actually shoot these fine hand guns I had a S&W .38 special. It was a lovely gun, smooth action and very little could change my POA, didn't matter how I held it, where I aimed the round would just home in. We once had a competition and I was doing really well, then came a log shoot with a 1911a1. All you had to do was knock a log off a platform at about 20 yards. I kept missing and I could see my lead slipping away. I got frustrated and annoyed and just pointed and pulled the trigger. Low and behold, the last 3 shots knocked down the logs. I learnt not to aim a 1911 after that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brit plumber View Post
    I learnt not to aim a 1911 after that.
    1911s are notorious for needing practice to shoot. I never figured out why, I think it's the small sights. Perfect practice will overcome issues with accuracy in any of them...
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    I like the look of your Victory! Got plenty of character, and you don't need to fret over its finish so much.
    My .38 special Victory was the 2nd handgun I ever bought, almost 10 years ago. I enjoy shooting it on occasion. Some day I might have to get a big brother m1917 revolver for it

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    Quote Originally Posted by zaugau View Post
    Some day I might have to get a big brother m1917 revolver for it
    I'd highly recommend it. The big .45 revolvers are great.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zaugau View Post
    I like the look of your Victory! Got plenty of character, and you don't need to fret over its finish so much.
    My .38 special Victory was the 2nd handgun I ever bought, almost 10 years ago. I enjoy shooting it on occasion. Some day I might have to get a big brother m1917 revolver for it
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