All of the 13s you all have posted are beautiful. I was with a DOJ entity back in the early 90s and recall it was after the Clinton Admin. had taken over that AG Reno issued an internal mandate that all DOJ (not sure if it actually applied to Treasury also) entities would no longer sell or trade off obsolete or surplussed firearms. I'm not sure how many DOJ agencies actually destroyed them, however. I believe some at Quantico got converted to Simunition-only and used for training. The cylinders were sleeved and the grips were painted orange on the ones I've seen. In addition to the Sim 13s, I've seen some 65s, 2 and 3 inch 10s, and occasionally a 4 inch 19 repurposed.

The FBI required all personally acquired weapons for duty first be shipped to the Academy for Inspection so that may account for some of the factory shipping records. They may have been actual FBI purchased weapons that made it out before the Reno mandate, or they could have been personally acquired.

Nevertheless, it would be nice if the G decided to rescind the Reno mandate.


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