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Originally Posted by Absalom
Yes. Remember that the DSC didn‘t issue any revolvers, they sold them. Before and after the DSC Revolver Program period, NYCPD officers bought from one of the police suppliers or the department. During the war, the commercial suppliers didn‘t have any guns to sell, so new officers had to get guns which the department, as an authorized recipient, had purchased from the DSC, limited to 4“ Victorys and Commandos.
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My observation thus far has been that during the war the supply of pre-war guns was carefully hoarded. If you were new coming on the job, you got a Victory or Commando. If you were already on the job and needed a new piece, you got a pe-war gun. Also, WW2 era Trophy Guns were drawn from the pre-war supply.