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Originally Posted by jbglass42
My Dad graduated the CHP academy in 1969 and was ISSUED a K38 6". No officer i ever saw had a 4" anything, and my old man confirms. I know this because he was on the Highway Patrol for just shy of 40 years, and he is my Dad....therefore gospel.
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No disrespect to your or your old man’s memory, but besides the historical record, there are plenty of the 4” Model 67 with the CHP stamp (or OHB overstamp) floating around the used-gun market, so these are a thing, although the 6” Model 68 was the more popular option.
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Originally Posted by Hawg Rider
If the CHP switched to shorter barrel revolvers, I would think that it would have been around the same time as LAPD ("Adam 12").
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The “switch” happened in 1977 with the issuance of the Models 67 and 68. But it wasn’t really a switch, as guns in service were grandfathered in.