Police trade ins

CO_Kid · Mar 10, 2014

Who has 'em?

I have 2. A model 10 from the Virginia Department of Corrections, and a model 67 from the California Highway Patrol.

At the moment, they're my only K frames. I carry the 67 a lot.

I don't know if there was any work done on the insides by either the factory or the department armorer, but the model 10 has the smoothest trigger of any gun I have ever owned or shot.

charlie sherrill · Mar 10, 2014

I've got: Mod 65 3" marked BRPD (Baton Rouge PD)

38/44 4" marked Arkansas State Police

Pre 10 shipped to Oakland County (Pontiac,Mich.) Lettered but
not marked.

Mod.58 marked SAPD (San Antonio PD)

And several more not marked PD guns.

Old TexMex · Mar 10, 2014

4046 Tulsa PD marked not lettered
38-44 Indiana State Prisons marked and lettered
Model 10 Policia Judicial Federal de Mexico marked not lettered

LaVistaBill · Mar 11, 2014

I have a couple, but have seen a few in the last couple of days on GB. One was a 6" C__t OP from Detroit PD that was in really nice shape. I saw some Model 10's too.

Randy Bill · Mar 11, 2014

I have a 10-10 California Department of Corrections; see Pg. 175 SCSW 3rd ed. I bet this gat has a story and I'd like to hear from anyone about these. I carry it every day, everywhere, always.

semper metallum vincet

Arik · Mar 11, 2014

13-2 import Puerto Rico PD
66-1 unknown PD possibly from NJ
5946 NYPD
Glock 19 Florida PD
HK USP 40 unknown PD
Colt AR Pa police
Sig P220 unknown PD

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Chop · Mar 11, 2014

(4) Model 64 3" marked GA Parole Board
Model 65 3" marked GA Parole Board
Model 10 4" marked GA Parole Board
Model 15 4" marked LASD
Model 66 4" marked Cobb County SD
Model 60 2" marked CRPD

And several PD marked Glocks

palmetto99 · Mar 11, 2014

LEO trade-in's is how I started collecting K-frames some twenty years ago.

10-6
15-2
19-4
6906

I also suspect that my model 60 was a trade-in because the LGS I purchased it from had several that were all in the same condition, but none were marked.

PR24 · Mar 11, 2014

Back I'm the day, many agencies had armorers that could work magic on those S&W actions. That & use are likely why you're wheelies are smooth. My dept had a very talented armorer that could smooth out even a Ruger revolver. He's retired now, we do miss him.

casualoffender · Mar 11, 2014

palmetto99 said:
I also suspect that my model 60 was a trade-in because the LGS I purchased it from had several that were all in the same condition, but none were marked.

Me too. Cabelas had a bunch. DAO, may have been Brinks guns,
all had bobbed hammers.
I also have a
Baretta 92fs Md. State Police, and a
Glock 21 from Grandview Mo. PD

smithman 10 · Mar 11, 2014

Hey, where are the pictures of all these fine guns?

Smee78 · Mar 11, 2014

I'll play, I got a S&W model 10HB SC marked & a S&W 3904 SD marked.

Harkrader · Mar 11, 2014

I have a 66-1 marked "West Bend P.D." and a
65-3 marked "S.C.S.D. 279" (I would like to know what that stands for.)
Both are fine shooters. I also have a 65-2 with "67" engraved under the cylinder release. Also a fine shooter.
I used to have a Sig 226 and a S&W 6906 I bought directly from LEOs whose departments required them to change to different models. They, also, were fine shooters.
My most recent was a Colt Trooper MK III that belonged to a LEO in PA. I got it from an estate sale through a broker, paying $190 for it. It was heavily rusted, the action was loose, the front sight had been filed down and the grips were quite worn. I sent it to Colt for re-blue, and they retimed it. The cylinder was so corroded that rust was flaking off. It came with the original box, "Handling Instructions," a proof target, and an ad for “Miniature Frontier 45.” Also a notice that it is the “Mk III.”
I don't recall what Colt charged me, but I remember it was quite reasonable.

jsfricks · Mar 11, 2014

Mine wasn't a trade in but I have a 10-5 Snubnose that was issued to a Lt with the Suffolk County P.D. in late 1969. He retired and took it with him as his daily carry. It is stamped on the back strap by the dept. Has a fantastic trigger!

Art Doc · Mar 11, 2014

Back in the 1980s I sucked up many trade in revolvers as PDs went with auto pistols. For that matter, I have a couple of older autos that were traded in for Glocks, too.

A couple of the more interesting cop guns...

A Victory Model stamped for a German PD.

Around 1998 the Carbon Co. S.O. (Utah) sold all their 4" M19s to a local shop where they were quickly offered to the public. Among the rows and rows of 19s was this lone N frame. No idea what happened. But for $275 I could have my choice. I took the N frame.

Both shipped in the summer of 1949. One went to a police supply in NYC, the other to a police shooting club in Los Angeles. I bought them two weeks apart at shows in Little Rock.

crsides · Mar 11, 2014

Marked ADP #261.

Reg Mag KCPD - not PD marked

Charlie

jmace57 · Mar 11, 2014

I have 3 Smiths

A Model 15-2 marked SCPD
A Model 64 - no markings, but supposedly LE turn in
A 4043 - again, supposed to be a LE turn in
A Colt Army Special (1927) - Houston Police Department

JP@AK · Mar 12, 2014

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a "trade-in," but I'll show it anyway.
This is one of only 365 revolvers made under a special order for the Missouri State Highway Patrol in 1952. It is a Combat Masterpiece with a 5" barrel. It was carried by troopers of the MSHP until the department decided to switch to the Model 66 in the early 1970s. It was purchased by the last trooper to whom it was issued. After his passing, I bought it from his son.

I've been able to document its entire history. The MSHP did not mark its revolvers with department stamps or rack numbers.

Twiki357 · Mar 12, 2014

I have a 5” barrel M&P (Pre Model 10) dated to 1950 with “Sheriff Brown” scratched on the bottom of the numbered grips. Also have a 4” 10 no dash from 1960 and a 2” 10-7 from 1982 that are probable, but don’t really know.

jsfricks · Mar 12, 2014

Here's another one that belonged to the Sheriff of Beaumont,TX back in the 30's.

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