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Old 07-19-2009, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyrano View Post
In the early 1960s I was in the Army but served on three Air Force Radar Squadrons. The Air Police there carried Combat Masterpiece revolvers. I presume they were marked USAF or something similiar. When these became obsolete (with the adoption of the Beretta 92?) did any of them make it out into the civilian market or were they all destroyed?
My Uncle is retired USAF and he told me a story about the transition and asked if he could purchase his S&W. He could but the cylinder, barrel & frame were torch cut first. Such a darn waste.
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