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Victory model smith v547xx in 38-200. No proof marks on the frame but has a 2" 3/8 barrel with British proofs on the underside. If i get a chance ill snag a pic of it.
If it's genuine (which I doubt) it should be stamped on the left side of the barrel, in two rows:
Smith & Wesson
38 S&W Ctg.
.38-200 Victory Models with snubby-length barrels are not uncommon, but they got that way after a longer barrel had an unfortunate encounter with a hacksaw.
They usually got that way when the importers had them modified to make "detective" revolvers. Cogswell and Harrison did some of those in England (they were owned by Sam Cummings at the time), and other importers had the work done in the U.S. IIRC, C&H kept the front lug, but others didn't.
Many of the .38 S&W guns were also converted to .38 Special at the same time. If that work was done in England, the British proofs will show .38 Special as the caliber and the appropriate case length.
The original barrels were tapered. When the people doing the conversions wanted to install a new front sight (that is not the original), they machined the barrel to a straight tube to make the job easier. That resulted in the odd shape shown in the OP's gun.
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