Boston Police Guns looking for a list

[JSR III]

Not positive, but I will give it a whirl.

SS=Stainless Steel 3=3"barrel R (over Stocks)=Round butt SM (over TT (target trigger)= small

Not sure about the L270. Could mean lot 270 or perhaps Location 270 specifying a location in the vault where this run of guns was stored??? Maybe even stands for Law Enforcement agency 270 which is S&W code for BPD???

 

[longaction]

Ben C.: Here's a Colt O.P. marked B.P.D. and shipped in 1939. It looks like there a lot of B.P.D. marked guns and you could end up with quite a pile of them. Good hunting.

 

[Chop]

I have a BPD marked Glock Model 19. It is in storage, but I will pull it out one day and take a photo. Good luck with your collection.
Chop

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I have a BPD marked Glock Model 19. It is in storage, but I will pull it out one day and take a photo. Good luck with your collection.
Chop

That is what frustrates me, in Massachusetts we cannot buy a Glock unless we are current LEO's or Retired LEO's, they are not on both approved lists, although you can buy them from a private citizen where the lists don't apply. I was an LEO for 5 years but that doesn't count.
I will probably never have a BPD Glock, but should be able to get the rest.

 

[stantheman86]

This is my BPD marked .38 Ruger Speed Six.......just looking for info on it.

I have already replaced the Sile rubber grips with a new pair of factory wood grips, and now am debating whether to add a factory spurless DAO hammer or to keep the gun as it is. I just have a "thing" for 4" stainless DAO revolvers.

 

[bmg60]

hi
This is going to be the hardest one for you to find.
I know where two or 3 of these are but there are 17 more out there somewhere. they are marked on the back strap with a BP Number.
good hunting.

Pre Model 45 M&P Special 22 Caliber 22 S & W Long rifle Serial Number K359459 Shipped April 13 1957 To Boston Police Dept. Boston, MA. Company shipping records show this Serial Number was shipped with a 6 Inch Barrel, Blue Finish, Magna Stocks with Fixed Sights. Shipment was for 20 Revolvers.

jim

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

The Ruger is one of the guns I am looking for, among others.

The Smith .22 cal, was that for the pistol team?

 

[bmg60]

hi
I don't think so because they were fixed sight guns
I think they were used for training because they were the same frame size as the the duty guns. indoor range cheap to shoot.
jim

 

[stantheman86]

There's some good info on the BPD Speed Sixes on the Ruger forum......there were only about 2,000 ordered in 1986 or so. If you see one, fall all over it!

 

[S. Kelly]

stantheman86, the Speed Sixes were our last issued revolver, replacing the S&W Model 64s. Guys loved the Speed Sixes. We still have some at our range, used for testing civilians for their CCW licenses. They were issued up until 1988.

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I finally got a family portrait, you will notice that there are 4 black sheep among the BPD collection. The Model-15 is BPD marked but I am waiting on the Factory Letter to see what dept.

 

[S. Kelly]

The list was updated today.

 

[S. Kelly]

Updated again.

 

[S. Kelly]

Updated to show Ben Cartwright SASS's newest find!

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Well another great find!!! and the letters to prove it.

3 sequentially numbered Colt Officers Model Target .38 Specials. Only 11 sent to Boston PD for the target team, and of the 11 they were all within a 20 number serial range but only 3 of them were sequential.
I KNOW OWN THE THREE OF THEM THAT WERE SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED

Two are heavy barrel and one is pencil barrel, bores are mirror and sharp rifling, finish is about 60% but no corrosion.

These are the highlight of my collection, now if I could just get a Glock 19 a S&W 649 and a Colt Detectives Special

 

[S. Kelly]

Updated to show Ben Cartwright SASS's newest find! Again! He's on fire!

 

[Club Gun Fan]

I have seen Ben's collection of BPD guns. It is impressive. You can tell the passion he has for his collection in the way he has it set up and his knowledge of each piece. At the last show we set up together, he bought a BPD gun from a Massachusetts State Police officer. I can't wait to see the new additions. Keep up the good work!

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Don
I am still waiting on the letter for the Colt PP from the Mass State cop, Steve thinks it might be NYPD. We are both pretty sure that it is not Boston even thought the guy said it was. The letter which should be in, in about a month should tell. But in this hobby you have to take chances as you never know. I do like your idea of getting papers and medals and patches that relate!

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I had deleted a bunch of my pictures off photobucket as I was running out of space, so I decided to open a second account for just gun pictures.
I wanted to post a family portrait, you saw my new additions in post #35 here are the rest of my guns, I do have another 8 or 10 that are duplicates







At the "family reunion"

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Need to change the list, the Smith Model 45 is either a Pre-Model 45 or both a pre-model and a model 45. I will have to check with Dave Nowack to see if his BPD Model 45 is a model 45 or a pre-model 45.
My new BPD is a pre-model 45, shipped in April 1957 with no model number on the gun. The 3rd edition says there were 20 guns BPD numbers 16T to 35T mine is 18T