Revolver ID?

[aj.lec]

Looks to be a Smith and Wesson model 10 victory probably in .38 cal

[malcolm erik bogaert]

I have a similar pistol here and its a Webley 38 regards malcolm

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Definitely a Smith & Wesson, most likely a .38, but it looks to have a 6" barrel vs the 'standard' Model 10 5"... intriguing for sure. Mind you, early in the war the U.S. shipped boatloads of the bloody things to Britain (they didn't want them), so who knows.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Looks more Colt than anything..
May be single action even..
Not S&W..Definately not Webly ..Look at the frame where the pistol grip meets the cylinder and the front sight and the extractor rod...all Colt..

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Alex Blair

Looks more Colt than anything..
May be single action even..
Not S&W..Definately not Webly ..Look at the frame where the pistol grip meets the cylinder and the front sight and the extractor rod...all Colt..

Naw, I'm pretty sure it's a Smith, Alex... probably a New Century model (which I used to own), albeit it looks too small to be a .455...

[aj.lec]

I still say s&w
dosen't look wide enough in front of the revolving chamber or swept around the hammer like most of the ww2 era colts
Bit hard to tell with the serviceman behinds belt buckle blurring the ejector pin
Appears to have a round barrel so very doubtful a webley

Dose appear it could be a 6" barrel though
As geoff has stated could also be a new century model

Reading through an article and it stated they also produced a 6" model but were generally issued to us troops and not so much allied troops that requested 5" in .38 200 grain slugs

quote "The Victory Revolver was produced during World War II, it is a variation of the Military & Police Model of 1905, fourth change and had the following characteristics between 1942 and 1945:

Barrel: 2, 4, 5, or 6 inch. (4 inch common in .38 special, 5 inch common in 38/200 or .38 S&W)
Sights: Fixed
Finish: Early sandblast blue, sandblast mid-night black (appears grayish black). And finally a parkerized finish. Hammer and Trigger are case hardened.
Grips: Checkered walnut with medallion until early 1942, post February of 1942 they are smooth American Walnut with out medallions. "

picture is a s&w victory in 5"

[servicepub (RIP)]

Absolutely no doubt but that it is a S&W Military & Police (later known as the Model 10.)

Canada was a big buyer of these and the full history is detailed in my book "Canadian Military Handguns, 1855-1985"

"In 1932, the British Army adopted a lighter top-break revolver - the Enfield No.2 Mk I - chambered for the new .380/200 service cartridge (a military loading of the .38 Smith & Wesson employing a somewhat heavier 200 grain bullet). During the 1930's, the fledgling RCAF obtained 585 of these British pistols, but with the outbreak of WWII, Canada elected to adopt the Smith & Wesson "Military & Police" model revolver (in effect, a lighter version of the "Hand Ejector") which, in .38S&W chambering, would accommodate the standard .380/200 British service cartridge. Over 118,000 of these revolvers were purchased from 1939 through 1943.

Configuration of Canadian-issue arms: Double-action revolver, ranged from early acquisitions with commercial polished blue finish and checkered walnut grips through brushed blue to later "wartime finishes" of sandblast blue and sandblast parkerizing with smooth wood grips; 4", 5" and 6" barrels (5" most common); .38 caliber; 6-round capacity; cylinder swings out to the left for loading and extraction. In service, 1939-1964."

From www.Canadiansoldiers.com, based on my book.