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Welcome to the Forum! 3-1/2" Model 27s (and the earlier .357 Magnums) are very popular with Forum members, so you're in good company. Both of your revolvers appear to be in VG condition and should be nice carry guns, although some would say that the N-frame Model 27-2 is a little heavy for EDC. The 27-2s with 3-1/2" bbl. are some of the most sought after revolvers these days, and values continue to climb. I have a couple in my modest collection, and they are some of my favorites. Model 60s are the EDC revolver of choice for many members. Enjoy!
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Wow...you are lucky to be able to carry a revolver on duty. The sheriff began suggesting that my model 19 be traded out for a semi-auto a few years into my career along with the other revolver guys. Within 6 months, the switch was required. Since that transition, I still sometimes carry a revolver off duty, but its a semi-auto on duty.
 
The NYPD initially purchased 200 Gen 1 Glock 17s in 1986 for testing and evaluation. By 1994, the department had adopted the Glock 19, along with the Smith & Wesson 5906 and SIG P226.

In Law Enforcement the 9mm been with us for 30+ years.
 
Bloodhound said:
Wow...you are lucky to be able to carry a revolver on duty. The sheriff began suggesting that my model 19 be traded out for a semi-auto a few years into my career along with the other revolver guys. Within 6 months, the switch was required. Since that transition, I still sometimes carry a revolver off duty, but its a semi-auto on duty.
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The Dept I work for the, Sheriffs, still give deputies the ability to carry revolvers on-duty if they want too, not many do these days though!
 
1979 - Colt Combat Commander, 45 ACP, small sheriff's office
1980 - 1991 S&W M19, then personal M-29, then M-19, M-28, M-686, M-19, NMSP.
1991 - 5906, NMSP.
1992-95 - 4506, NMSP.
1995 - 2000 - Browning High Power in 40 S&W (personal), NMSP, DPD.
2000-2001 - Glock 22 40 S&W, WNMU Academy.
2011-2012; 2018-2019 - M9 (contracting).
 
SGT ROCK 11B said:
Are you currently a LEO?

Most Agencies have gone to the 9mm Kool-Aid. A few small Agencies do allow revolvers.
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No, I left the public section and went into the private section, currently do high level executive protection for a $60b corporation! I did contract work as a uniform officer for FPS/DHS, there our issued weapon was the G19 Gen 5
 
I used several different guns during my 35 years with Denver PD. I began with a Model 67 and ended with a 3913 alternating with a Model 65. In between, the ones I still remember: Model 66, Model 686, Model 681, Model 669 (in 1989 when semi-autos were first allowed,) and a 6906. I kinda had a thing about always wanting something different, a "habit" that also led to 3 divorces and 4 marriages. 🤣
 
GerSan69 said:
I used several different guns during my 35 years with Denver PD. I began with a Model 67 and ended with a 3913 alternating with a Model 65. In between, the ones I still remember: Model 66, Model 686, Model 681, Model 669 (in 1989 when semi-autos were first allowed,) and a 6906. I kinda had a thing about always wanting something different, a "habit" that also led to 3 divorces and 4 marriages. 🤣
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At RCSO, I started with the 66, then the 686, and the first semi-autos the dept went with, was Sig P220, then the Smith & Wesson 645. And 2 marriages, and 2 divorces, never did it again!
 
Dgwarren said:
The Dept I work for the, Sheriffs, still give deputies the ability to carry revolvers on-duty if they want too, not many do these days though!
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freedom of choice is nice; but, having same ammo and weapons is better - imo . . .
 
I’d have to agree, however, nothing like the .357 mag to help bad guys rethink their choice!
 
Graduated the police academy in Sept of '72 at the age of 19.
We had to buy our duty weapons.
Model 19 and I chose a 2" model 10 RB for off duty.

No formal training program back then.... just rotated between seasoned coppers.
Couple were WWII vets many were Korean and nam vets.
Alot of them packed Colt 1911's.
Rookies had to stay with the revolver until they completed 6 months of probation.

I switched to a Colt Combat Commander in 45acp.
Except when we all went through the "Dirty Harry" craze.;)
After that packed a Colt 1911 until my retirement in 2002.
With the L/W commander as my favorite.
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I started in 1982 with a 4” model 66 went to a 4” 629, then went to a custom 1911 that I carried for the bulk of my career. I was appointed Chief in March of 2020 and we encouraged our officers to carry Glock 17’s. Solved several issues for us, Holsters being the biggest ine
 
lppd4 said:
I started in 1982 with a 4” model 66 went to a 4” 629, then went to a custom 1911 that I carried for the bulk of my career. I was appointed Chief in March of 2020 and we encouraged our officers to carry Glock 17’s. Solved several issues for us, Holsters being the biggest ine
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Congratulations on your appt to Chief, for my current position with an executive protection detail, my carry is the Glock G17, but I do carry my model 27-2 every now and then!
 
I switched agencies several times, and each one had its own requirements and recommendations.

My first work gun was a 50's model S&W 27, 3.5" bbl, that was taken from a Chicago mobster after he beat up his girlfriend in our small Southern Illinois town. It was beautiful, but since I was a civilian dispatcher at the time I had to leave it behind when I got off work, there wasn't any legal civilian CCW back then (...and barely is now, with their idiotic requirements).

Then to several muni's around St Louis, we had Model 66's, complete with all the attendant problems which were eventually ironed out. Then S&W 681's, so my off-duty gun was a 4" 686 to mirror the work gun. Then we switched to the Beretta 92, and officers could choose the full-size or the compact.

After I left police work I toiled for a dozen security firms, and was issued Model 10's, M-64's, then they allowed certain privately-owned 9's and 40's, so I carried a S&W MP-40.

I sold it the day I retired, and went back to my various 45's, especially the 45 Shield, and the MP-45. I was raised a 45 guy (by Jeff Cooper, mostly) and nothing has changed.
 
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