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Picked up this S&W Victory Model from an estate today.
It belonged to a Hellcat pilot on the USS Franklin aircraft carrier.
My father rode the USS Franklin to the Philippines on it's shakedown cruse in 1944 after being home on leave for my birth, and the ship was bombed and almost sank a short time later.
http://www.ussfranklin.org/
Anyway, this gun was made in early 1944, is almost unfired, squeaky clean inside, and about as nice as they get.
Apparently, it went on the USS Franklin when it was commissioned, and came home fully loaded, in a sea bag!
I got three WWII Rem-UMC FMJ shells with it
The vets Grandson-in-law shot the other three about a month ago to see if it worked!!!
I'm real happy to have found it for $500, especially with the history to a ship my dad rode off to war on!
rcmodel
It belonged to a Hellcat pilot on the USS Franklin aircraft carrier.
My father rode the USS Franklin to the Philippines on it's shakedown cruse in 1944 after being home on leave for my birth, and the ship was bombed and almost sank a short time later.
http://www.ussfranklin.org/
Anyway, this gun was made in early 1944, is almost unfired, squeaky clean inside, and about as nice as they get.
Apparently, it went on the USS Franklin when it was commissioned, and came home fully loaded, in a sea bag!
I got three WWII Rem-UMC FMJ shells with it
The vets Grandson-in-law shot the other three about a month ago to see if it worked!!!
I'm real happy to have found it for $500, especially with the history to a ship my dad rode off to war on!
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