The Bureau ended the practice of allowing agents to buy their issued revolver upon retirement during the first Clinton administration. I remember that day well - there was wailing and gnashing of teeth at an epic scale. A couple of guys made the mistake of reporting their guns stolen and were quickly made examples of.

By that time I had gotten my 220 put on my POW list, along with my Model 36, known colloquially in the Bu as a "five shot". I turned in my issued 226 and haven't had a Bureau issued handgun since. No one has noticed. My Sig keeps getting grandfathered in, and I reach my Bureau expiration date in June, so it looks like we will make it to retirement together.

If I remember right the cost to a retiring agent for a Model 10 was 120 bucks.

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