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Old 02-18-2014, 12:51 PM
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Default Lower Numbered Model 520

We had a specimen from a local collector on this posting date. According to Mr. David G. Simons’s Bangor Punta letterhead dated May 5, 1980, a copy of which came with the revolver, the 520 was “manufactured on a one time basis in response to a major domestic law enforcement agency request.” That agency was the New York State Police, who “decided they could not wait the six (6) months delivery time required,” and “decided instead to take delivery of a readily available standard cataloged revolver,” the model 681. Since Mr. Supica lists N557750 as the beginning point of the order, this one’s N261000 range number indicates that it was likely among the Test and Evaluation Revolvers initially sent to NYSP. Instead of the normal hand filled label, its box only bears a printed label with a Bangor Punta product code of 5200014031, and we might call that a proto-sku. We got this revolver from a North Carolina Police Equipment Dealer in 1994, and planted it with a local West TN collector who passed away last year.
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