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spam can RA 26000 38 S&W (continued)
golferboy426
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http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=600861
I listed it with a couple of pics. I'm going with the ammo actually being 38 S&W. Here's the listing link
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=344029163
http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=600861
I listed it with a couple of pics. I'm going with the ammo actually being 38 S&W. Here's the listing link
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=344029163
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I cannot make out the stamping below "A".
I'm thinking maybe that year was stamped into the metal. My dad had several spam cans for the Grand and they were 44 IIRC.
The can is stamped 38 S&W right on it [:0]
That's an unusual Lot number. RA 26000 would indicate a WW II manufacture, but the 26000 series of numbers was assigned to Peters Cartridge Company. But since Remington owned and operated Peters and the Kings Mills Ordnance Plant, they must have used the numbers for Remington production.[?][?]
I'm not sure the S&W Victory was ever chambered for the 38 S&W cartridge.S&W Victory's produced for the US military and civilian security forces were chambered in .38 Special.
Lend-Lease Victory models for use by British Commonwealth personnel were chambered for the same round as their Enfield and Webley revolvers, the 38/200. That's a .38 S&W loaded with a 200gr. bullet running 620fps.
You sometimes see these British use Victory models floating around the US market still chambered in .38 S&W, but after returning home most had their chambers reamed to .38 Special with the .38 S&W stamping remaining on the barrel.