Visited my semi LGS yesterday and saw a nice model 15 unsure dash#
it was in good shape with a little blue wear and a fem minor scuffs
Ill call all character builders, timing seemed fine and lock tight, seemed shot very little but carried. Under the cylinder window on the thumb latch side it had stamped L.A.S.P.D. any Ideas?
I have been on a .38spl reloading kick for my .357s as of late and I need to be talked in to this model 15 cost 385.00 OTD. no box or papers

Oh I like loading and plinking with the .38 WCs and SWCs easier to see then with a .22 (darn Bifocals) I am sure quite afew on here know what I mean. Thoughts?

Not a bad price on the 15 plus you get some history to boot! My 15 is one of the favorite and most accurate revolvers I own...[much more than I am capable of!]

You will enjoy having this addition to your collection.

Bimmer

L.A.S.P.D.: possibly Los Angeles School Police Department

The LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT

“The Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) was established in August of 1948 to create a safe and tranquil environment for the students, teachers and staff of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The men and women of the LASPD have accepted this duty with an unyielding commitment that has not wavered for over 6 decades. This dedication to public safety is the standard for the 5th largest law enforcement agency in Los Angeles County and the largest school district police department in the nation.”

Frank

Well I can honestly say I have thinned my collection out quite a bit over the last few years, A newly disposed of 317-2 is my reasoning for this.
I have an old 32 HE and this model 15 will handle all my handgun plinking
A 22 Lr will handle the need for a .22.

Gruntdeputy (Frank)
Thank you for the info and link, intresting reading

Grab it up! The 15's are great revovers and as already stated that one has some history to it as well.

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I shot my Model 15-4 for the first time at the range today and I was pleasantly surprised at how accurate it is. I always shoot a new revolver from a rest to see where it's hitting and if a sight adjustment is needed. The first three shots we a clover leaf in the bulls eye so then I knew I could shoot free hand and it was me and not the gun if I shot larger groups.

Get it if you can as they are great revolvers.

My model 15 was a local law police academy range gun. It has a sweet trigger, is very tight, and is extremely accurate. I have used it as an IDPA competition gun on many occasions. I like the 15 so much that I bought it stainless cousin, the model 67 not too long ago. I believe you will like the model 15 as well. I have never heard any complaints about the 15 from anyone.

The 15 is a classic service revolver, right up there with the 10, 64, 19, 67, 66, etc.

Many, many 15's rode in LE holsters for decades.

I have a 67-1, but no 15 yet. It's high on my list.

The model 15 was carried by many law enforcement agencies in Southern California back in the days. I grew up in Southern California and remember seeing officers carrying model 15s. To me they are the classic service revolver and only the model 10 would be more popular.
At $385 if you don't buy it pm me. I will jump on it.
Regards,
Howard

Ugh, I'm still kicking myself for the pinned Model 15 with diamond magnas I passed on for $250 at a gun show this summer.........I don't know the - number but it looked like a neat old LE or guard gun.......

Great information everyone, I plan on picking it up, and I will post some pics when available, My order from TVB arrived yesterday and I may throw a few DEWC's together.

For what it's worth, most .38s shoot tighter groups with HBWCs. I've tried bevel-base and hollow-base wadcutters in numerous S&Ws and two Pythons; all preferred the HBWCs and that's what I shoot today.

The most accurate HBWC for most people is Remington's. It's the ugliest but they shoot well. They're also very hard to find. My local gun shop tried for six months to get me some without success so I back-ordered some with MidwayUSA. Their backorder date kept creeping ahead by a month or two at a time and after another six months, I gave up and have stuck with the Hornady HBWCs that I was using in the meantime. Their dry lube puts a sticky coating on everything you touch after placing the bullets in the cases, but they shoot well and a quick hand-washing before seating the bullets keeps your press handle clean.

Ed

I picked up a 2" model 15-3 (made in 1975) back in May of this year - in great condition for $375.00 OTD - it is a joy to shoot, and very accurate.



Go get it and enjoy a great revolver!

Have a good weekend,
Bob S.

I started my collecting with a Model 15.

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I purchased this 15-3 a couple of months ago from my neighbor who was a State Trooper in the late 60s to early 70s. He was allowed to by from the department when he left. He told me he wanted it to have a good home, and sold it to me. It has some character to it, but not much. Mostly holster wear. No box but grips match to the gun. Great balance and fun to shoot. Enjoy.

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The very first new handgun I ever bought was a 15 4 inch. Gave $125.00 for it in 1980. Several years later in a moment of stupidity I traded it on a new PPKs. I still have the Walther but I'd give $500.00 today to have that 15 back. Great Guns

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I bought a 15-1 4 screw earlier this year. I liked it well enough that when a 15-2 came along for a good price I bought it as well. Then a nickel 15-4 in mint condition followed me home. I have a guy saving up for the 15-2. I'll never sell the 15-4, and probably will hold onto the 4 screw as well. All very accurate.

Glad to here all this great info on a 15, I hope to get to the shop in a day or so yesterday did not pan out and I am back on duty today.
With all this info I am considering looking for a a pre lock NIB model 15
Ill still shoot it though but all wear & character suffered will be induced by myself, I still plan on giving the model 15 I looked at a second look
Thank You

perhaps you guys can give me an opinion on the model 15 I just picked up. It is a 2 inch 15-4 acording to the standard catalog of S&W made in 1983. Mechanically inside it looks to never be fired. I picked it up in an online auction from a southern dealer and when I got it home took it apart and had to scrub a fair amount of surface rust out of the action- high humidity environment I guess- it all came out easily. it has a little very mild freckling of the side plate finish and a few areas of discoloration again I bet from a high humidity environment.Including shipping and ffl fees I ended up paying just under $350. While I have not shot it yet how would you all feel about this deal for a shooter?

ps the poster who talked about wadcutters- when the NRA started the distinguished revolver program some years back my brother, a long time wheel gun guy who swore by wadcuttershad to start shooting 158 LRN per the rules for the match. he found all his 38's shot better groups with the 158's than it had with the wadcutters.

MajorD
That does not sound like to bad a price for a 2" S&W model 15
try an old cotton T shirt and gun oil and wipe down with a little effort
don't use anything to harsh on it

Jump on it! Sounds like a good deal.

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"Gruntdeputy (Frank)
Thank you for the info and link, intresting reading"


C.S.63,
You’re welcome.

If I might suggest, if you purchase the M-15 e-mail the Los Angeles School Police Department and try to contact the department historian. Give them the numbers off of the gun and see if they can give you any information about it. They might be able to put you in contact with an officer who carried it. Send them a fire department patch or ball cap, cops eat that stuff up! Try to get a shoulder patch out of them to go with your pistol. They might be able to tell you what holster it was carried in or something like that.
Good hunting!
Frank

another question for everyone- my model 15 has a smooth trigger- I don't think I have ever seen one with anything but the standard grooved trigger- is this an item some past owner modified or could it be original?