Heh. It's interesting to read some gun mags from the mid 60s through the 70s - or to talk some to some old police armorers who remembered the era - about how reliable revolvers supposedly were. There were always things breaking, needing tweaking, guns suffering from neglect, etc. Though a revolver is more tolerant of being used as a hammer and nut cracker than most autos I suppose.

Back in the old days people would also take the wood grips off, toss them to the side, and put on a set of rubber grips too. Meanwhile the fancy folks in LE would carry either 1911s or somewhat modified BHPs if they could get away with it. To a certain extent this was because in some circles these particular autos were felt to be just as, if not more, reliable than an out of the box service issue revolver.

Anyway... Glock provides special military and LE pricing and widely advertises such. Their products end up being more affordable than any of the newly produced revolvers from Smith and Wesson or Ruger suitable for primary carry. I still remember the Model 10s, 64s and 67s, brand new, with a retail close to 700 dollars that Quantico (MCX) had in stock.

Ouch. That's a lot of money on a public servant's salary. It was possible to get a "pre owned" Glock with warranty (at LE/mil pricing) for around half that at the time.

And thus one sees a lot of Glocks in police holsters.