Nice rifle.     Is it your belief that the soldier's last name was Kiplinger?  There were a number of soldiers with that last name who served in WW1, according to Ancestry draft records.  Without more it would be hard to pin down any particular soldier to this rifle.   The stamped numbers hold no meaning for me.  They are unusual in their location and do not appear to be a unit or property marking .  Perhaps they are numbers associated with the soldier (or former soldier as Mr. Kiplinger might have bought this rifle after the end of the war.)   I wish I could be more help but for me there just isn't enough there to make a connection for you.  Good luck.   Regards, Charlie

Post a picture, so this thread isn't completely worthless. 

I’m out of LIKES but thanks for looking and for the comments. I imagine back in the early 1960s it was probably pretty cheap for prop houses to obtain and use the real thing.    I loved watching this show when I was a kid back then. It’s been reshowing on one of the retro cable channels for a while now. So I’ve been indulging in some fond nostalgia.   mikie

Hello Big:   Nice revolver.  I would also use collector shorthand and call it a pre-Victory.   I encourage you to get a letter from the S&W Historical Foundation.  In the meantime, from the Victory Model Database I can tell you that your revolver likely shipped in the April-May, 1942 time frame.  It shipped to a defense contractor in the aviation industry.   Regards, Charlie

I have a full complete and original sealed box of this and a 5 round stripper clip of it for display, Vietnam era................too bad you don't have the other 19 rounds and the box..............

I think those Micarta liners were Post WWII. I’ve had a few KW ERA sets with them. Steel Pot seems typical late WWII RS  Z

I try and keep it related to what my grandfather would have used, i.e. uniforms and some gear, B-17 related, etc. 

You dont get more personalized that this.  Excellent.