![]() 38 M&P serial numbers hit 1,000,000, a new series was started using a "V" (for "Victory") prefix. military, and myriad stamps and proof marks designating country and branch are commonly seen. (The two are not interchangeable.) By the end of the war, over a half-million had been built and shipped to England.Īs America was drawn into the war, revolvers began being diverted to certain branches of the U.S. 38 S&W Special but loaded with a 200-grain bullet. 38-200, a cartridge similar to the United States's. England and S&W agreed that the revolvers would be based on the then-current. ![]() 38s were first drawn into wartime service when the 9mm carbine Great Britain commissioned Smith &Wesson to design and build failed miserably, and the company negotiated to provide tens of thousands of service revolvers to pay the debt. Originally derived from the K-Frame Military & Police Model of 1905, these. 38-caliber S&W revolvers were used throughout World War II. For anyone who doesn't know it, several hundred thousand.
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