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A Triple Lock on the beat in Los Angeles
***Another example of the great work performed by the SWHF. Without their efforts, this connection to history would be lost.***
The population of Los Angeles doubled in the 1920's, the city expanded, and different industries took off. Though not quite the wild west any more, LA proved to still be fairly wild. Captain Chester D. Allen of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department armed himself with a 44 Hand Ejector, 1st Model (Triple Lock) which shipped in June 1910 to a large sporting goods store in LA.
Capt. Allen was hired as a Constable in 1914, worked his way up to the homicide squad where he spent the 20's and was quite busy, promoted to Captain of the Altadena Sub Station in 1929, promoted to the main office in 1934, then retired in 1939. A search of the newspapers of the time turned up quite the list of issues Capt. Allen was tasked with investigating at the time. Some examples are below.
Shipped as a 6.5", now sports a serialized 4" barrel (with correct patent roll mark on the side). Stocks are correct but non-matching.
Returned in 1931 for repairs and a re-blue. Not sure if this is when the 4" barrel was installed or if that happened earlier but not found in the archives. Star on the butt, diamond on the grip frame, no date stamp, diamond with a B under the star on the cylinder.
Very interesting writing about the best life insurance policy:
These next two are from August 1922:
Rum War in 1925:
Don't even know what to make of this:
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It doesn't get any better then this. What a treasure!
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Great gun and post. Thanks.
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Here's another example of how serial numbers and shipping dates don't line up. Captain Allen's TL, #4356, shipped on June 20, 1910. My TL, #1330, shipped July 5, 1910.
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Love the history to go with your gun! Here's an uncropped version of your pic of Captain Allen.
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Very interesting stuff.
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That is way too cool!
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Some excellent research about the history behind a beautiful TL. Nice!!!
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Very impressive research and revolver!
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The original Dirty Harry!
Or Dirty Chester....
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Awesome, thanks for sharing. krs
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"If only that ol' gun could talk!"...
Oh, but it can! 
Interesting history. Thanks for posting.
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Fascinating history and excellent research on a great gun! I especially like the newspaper byline where a bandit was “exterminated”!
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Outstanding effort sir! and a really neat gun with great history. Well done.
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Here is another picture of Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz from the 1950's, at a Rodeo in LA County.
Curious thing is, he is only holding the left rein. The right one is drapping on the ground. I'm not even sure he is holding either rein.
Regards, Mike Priwer
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This would make an excellent magazine article in the Journal.
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Here is another picture of Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz from the 1950's, at a Rodeo in LA County.
Curious thing is, he is only holding the left rein. The right one is drapping on the ground. I'm not even sure he is holding either rein.
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Not 100% sure this applies, but after being involved with horse riders in multiple Mardi Gras parades, the horses are often led on foot through parade route. Calmer for the horse. Not always done, but for bigger parades where pedestrians can press close.
Just a thought.
Great TL and the accompanying document is icing on the cake.
Thanks for sharing it.
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My first pre-27 was shipped to Hogee in LA in 1955
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Very nice Kurt. Well done. There is nothing like a real Smith with a real story! Dave
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Now that was an enjoyable read.
Thanks for sharing the research on that beautiful revolver,
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