Project Description

!!!!!SOLD!!!!!  This is a 1/3 scale Smith & Wesson Victory Model revolver cased with brown leather flap holster made by master miniature maker David Kucer from Canada.  3 1/16″ long overall with a 1 1/4″ round rifled barrel of .112 caliber.  Machined steel with a Parkerized phosphate finish except for the ejector rod, hammer, & trigger which are finished in the white.  Two piece walnut grips with a single screw entering from the left side & steel escutcheons.  Fully functional in both single and double action, the cylinder indexing perfectly.  The left side of the barrel stamped “SMITH & WESSON”.  The left side of the frame stamped “PROPERTY OF U. S. NAVY” in two lines.  The right rear side of the frame stamped with the Smith & Wesson logo with “TRADE” at the top, “MARK” at the bottom, then “REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.” below that in typical S & W fashion.  The left front of the frame marked “MADE IN U.S.A.”.  The bottom of the barrel under the ejector rod stamped “D. KUCER 1”.  Swing out cylinder with the typical S & W ejector.  There is a lanyard loop on the pistol butt.  Checkered hammer spur, cylinder release, & cylinder pin end.  Includes the original Kucer brown leather flap holster with the “US” in an oval property mark.  Cased in a nice rosewood hinged top case with checkered push button latch.  The interior bottom English fit & lined in a burgundy felt.  The interior lid padded and lined in a burgundy silk.  The right front corner of the case lid inlaid with the typical Kucer coat of arms escutcheon.  Mint new as made condition except for a small piece of missing wood that is the dust ledge on the bottom left side.  This exact piece was bought direct from David Kucer in September of 1995 for $6,500.00!  One of only three made, & one of the other two now lives in Hong Kong.  This is the rarest of all the Kucer miniatures!  Stock # BH-2536.  !!!!!SOLD!!!!!