"I just cannot see how this piece was ever a duty weapon."

I knew a small town po-leece chief that had a pair of Colt 1917s. He would, on occasion, carry both. They were nickel plated with gold hammers, triggers and cylinder releases.

We have a member here who carried his Registered Magnum as an FBI agent, so I imagine it is possible that a Secret Service agent could have carried a personally owned .41 Magnum.

I once owned a factory nickel M58 that was carried by a Birmingham AL police sgt. B'ham PD back in the day had a policy of not allowing Magnum revolvers, but did allow the .41 Mag S&Ws so long as the lead police load was used.

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