Today's eye candy might be remembered by some of our old cops.
I was never a cop, but a "rent a cop" for a while. Numbers 67 - 71.
Jim Cirillo served on the NYPD Stake Out Unit 1968-1973. It is well
known that he used a .38 Spl. M&P with a 4" bull barrel. I wanted to
know what kind of holster he used.
I found a clue on page XIV of his book GUNS, BULLETS, AND GUNFIGHTS.
The photo shows him wearing a swivel holster with 12 cartridge loops and
an extra slide with another 12 loops. Closest I could come to identifying
it is the Bucheimer-Clark Patrolman. Two separate former NYPD cops who
knew Jim, and shot with him at the range, said the holster looks like the
model Jim wore, or one very much like it. Shown on the left below.
In 1960 Bianchi acquired the Berns-Martin patents. Ten years later his
model B27 appeared in his catalog. The "break front" was used by many
cops in the 1970s. 2nd from left.
Bianchi's model 2800 "The Judge" opened the muzzle to overcome the
"muzzle drag" of the B27. It also provided a swivel. 3rd from left.
When the Beretta M9/92 came along a lot of PDs adopted it. One of
the holsters made for it was this Tex Shoemaker model shown 4th from left.
I kinda like the Safariland, shown 5th from left, for carrying the 1911
cocked and locked.
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