S&W Victory Help

[pcaru1]

I have a S&W Victory that is full of cosmoline that I need to clean. I was wondering if there are takedown instructions that I can access or reference so I can clean this pistol. Can regular .38 special ammo be fired in this pistol? TIA.

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[jmoore]

Regular old .38 Special ammo will be fine. Just no +P ammo.

Can't help much with written detail strip instructions- I've been doing it so long that it's one of those things I can do without thinking...Don't even have to look much, except when removing/installing the trigger return spring assembly!

[Chuckindenver]

really no need to take that pistol down, other then a good bore clean, and stiff brush with bore solvent,. oil and enjoy. you can Coogle Smith and Wesson Model 10 or M&P and the take down is the same,
though the parts wont interchange.. mech, they are the same.

[pcaru1]

Smith and Wesson Model 10 or M&P

Thanks, I knew there was a similar model that can be looked up.

Bore is quite nice but the old cosmoline is real glue like (cylinder is gummy, internals look like they need a good cleaning and fresh coat of oil). Just wanted to have something in case i ran into an " ooops where'd this spring come from" situation.

[jmoore]

The main difference from later models will be the "drop safety" bar, or lack thereof. If it's a "SV" S/N then it'll have the bar in the sideplate. Which yours ought not, having no "S". Easier for you!

ETA: A few more things. You may first try spraying out the action with a degreaser and then a light oiling without disassembly other than removing the grips. Probably will do fine.

But if you do decide to remove the side plate, remove the grips and all four sideplate screws and then tap on the lower frame with a wooden handle in order to pop the plate loose. No prying!

[Chuckindenver]

hears the easy clean...remove the grips.. set a large coffee can and fill 3/4 with water, add a little dish soap. set on the stove heat for a little while say 15 mins..drop the whole pistol minus the grips in the can, let boil for 15 to 2 mins...then remove it, wrinse it with cold tap water,, and spray the crap out of it with WD40. inside and out...or what i do, is have another coffee can of WD40..and drop it from the wrinse right in the WD40, and let it sit for an hour,,,remove...whipe it down, run a patch through the bore, and the cyl. and enjoy..
a note...after the can cools. you can remove the layer of cosmoline, and save it for other uses...and pour the water down the drain...save and reuse the WD40.

[pcaru1]

hears the easy clean...remove the grips.. set a large coffee can and fill 3/4 with water, add a little dish soap. set on the stove heat for a little while say 15 mins..drop the whole pistol minus the grips in the can, let boil for 15 to 2 mins...then remove it, wrinse it with cold tap water,, and spray the crap out of it with WD40. inside and out...or what i do, is have another coffee can of WD40..and drop it from the wrinse right in the WD40, and let it sit for an hour,,,remove...whipe it down, run a patch through the bore, and the cyl. and enjoy..
a note...after the can cools. you can remove the layer of cosmoline, and save it for other uses...and pour the water down the drain...save and reuse the WD40.

Could I remove the side plate and use this technique without possibility of losing parts or will the cosmoline come out anyway the way you describe?

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But if you do decide to remove the side plate, remove the grips and all four sideplate screws and then tap on the lower frame with a wooden handle in order to pop the plate loose. No prying!

Good advice!

[jmoore]

Yah, you could dunk it that way, but I don't think I'd feel comfortable soaking it in water without a full pull down after. Water in the joints and threads might linger, doing evil things. Might not, but still...

However, that being said, I've washed plenty of cap and ball revolvers in hot water, but they get pulled down all the way.

[Chuckindenver]

soaking in WD 40 will remove any moisture.//Water Displacement #40

[jmoore]

soaking in WD 40 will remove any moisture.//Water Displacement #40

With the understanding that it's NOT a long term lubricant! Turns to varnish very nicely, and will gum up the works far better than the cosmoline.