FBI Agent with Reg Mag - Update

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Geoff, you asked for a picture of FBI Special Agent Campbell with his gun on his hip. I've spent a couple of hours trying to scan it in - it kept taking up 32 Mb of disk for some reason. I finally reduced the DPI to 75 and got this pic.
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If it's not clear then tell me and I'll try again at higher resolution.

This is SA Campbell, one of the original Melvin Purvis gang-busting 'G Men'. It's taken circa 1938 and he's demonstrating how to cling onto a Thompson on full auto. In the original pics you can see the cases...
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Clearly visible, at least in the original pic, is his 4" Registered Magnum #3094 in the SD Myers holster on his right hip. I have both the gun and holster in my collection. I also have his 1940 "fancy engraved" 4" Non-Registered.
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Now Dave, that's a very cool photograph.

Thanks for taking the extra trouble to be sure that it was presented carefully with the respect it deserves, and that we could all share....

To have this G-Man's sidearm and holster, you are a very fortunate collector.... (how about the Thompson to round out the display?)
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Thanks again for such a fine photo and the work required to put it up so well....

Drew Sr.
 
Sorry it was difficult to scan Dave but MAN WAS IT WORTH IT!

The idea of having the actual gun and holster is ming blowing!
 
Dave, that's a GREAT photo! Thanks for posting it.

Now, I have 4" RM, and I have a fedora like that, too.

(Hmm. I gotta shape the back end of the crown like that.. That is way cool. He is a bit -- well, actually a lot -- slimmer than I, and, uh, perhaps a tad shorter, but, heck, we do share some general racial and gender characteristics. And I do look just like that on the inside, for sure. In short, he could be my long-lost twin brother!)
 
I'm afraid he is violating several OSHA regs here....No hearing protection, no shooting glasses. Maybe things were more simple then.

What? I can't hear you....
 
Thanks for the kind remarks guys.

Only kidding Geoff. I've been meaning to transfer the photographs that came with the guns onto my PC. This gives me an excuse to start getting it done.

Bruce - if I could find the Thompson...
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I'm not sure about Quantico, it might be.

Kevin - in terms of other pics the guns (pictured below following Lyle's request) came with so much material it's going to take me weeks to go through it all. There are dozens of pics of all sorts. I'm going to do an article for the S&WCA Journal when I get it all sorted out.

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Dave, thank you for the family photo of Campbell's guns! This is the kind of stuff that really gets me going. Great guns with even better provenance. I cannot wait until the article is complete! Also, with all of the photo's and documentation, you will be able to make an award winning display!

Let me know if you need any help wiping the guns down. I still have room in one of my safes to "protect" them!
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Regards, Lyle
 
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