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03-14-2017, 06:08 PM
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+1 for Newark. A friend has an early 1970s vintage Model 10 HB marked "N.P.D." and by his research he's verified it was def a Newark, NJ police gun.
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03-16-2017, 12:08 PM
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On the Gander mountain website their NPD marked 6946's were:
"According to Smith & Wesson Historian Roy G. Jinks the gun that I bought, that was marked with N.P.D , was sent to the Newark Police Academy, Firearms Training Unit Newark, NJ."
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03-16-2017, 03:01 PM
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I emailed the Newark Police Division (formerly Department) and asked the Media and Public Information Officer if these were from Newark. He in turn asked me the number on mine. The Range Officer told him that my number fits in with the ones they had, but he cannot guarantee that it came from his organization since there are other N.P.D.'s.
But at least this told me that Newark P.D. had 3913's -- I think the likelihood is high that they are the source of the pistols that recently hit the market.
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10-17-2020, 08:36 PM
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I have a MPD marked 3953 and it is from the Memphis Police Department. (Also engraved with "First Edition & the Memphis PD crest)
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10-17-2020, 11:06 PM
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I have 3 NPD marked pistols all believed to be Newark PD (NJ) - 2 x 3953 dating from June 1991 per SW and 1 x 6946 shipped December 1990 per Roy (before the 1991 public release of the 6946). All have matching NPD number on barrel, slide, & frame.
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10-18-2020, 12:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Redcoat3340
I have a 39-2 marked MPD C-188 but I wish it had been stamped as neatly as those NPD pistols. Mine is electro-penciled and none too neatly.
Here's a pic.
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That's a pretty rough way of identifying a department pistol. My first thought seeing it was that it is a way of identifying the pistol as evidence or recovered property. Lots of departments could care less about how they mark recovered property/evidence as it isn't "their" property.
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