I bought a pre Model 10 last spring. Looked like a cop gun. Had a Shield number on the backstrap. Had a post here and one of the members said it is likely a NYPD gun, since the serial number fell in a bracket that he knew was shipped to the NYPD and the Shield number on the backstrap was standard back then. Then I posted a pic and my number is etched in with an etching tool, and the whole backstrap looked like it was been sanded down, and didn’t look at all like the neat stamping of numbers that was the practice at the time. The member who commented on it said maybe the original officer had a neat stamping, left the job, and the gun was sold to another, who then removed the original number and added his own.

Letter arrived today. Shipped 10/11/46 and sent to the New York Police Department. It was one of 500 in that shipment and was sold for the Police price of $42.10.

Where has it been for 74 years? How many hands did it pass through before ending up in a gun shop in North East PA? Wherever it’s been, it’s found it’s last home. My son will have it one day and I hope he keeps it, as well.

Just a typical cop’s gun, but it’s special to me. Took a while for the letter but it was worth the wait.