66-1 bdps marked

[IraIII]

I bought a 66-1 sn 69k52xx online sight unseen. The seller said it had road rash, but was in fine mechanical shape. I would like to know if anyone has any idea of where it was issued, it is marked BDPS on the left side frame under the cylinder. I told my FFL I had an ugly gun coming in, and it was. It had taken a ride down the road and had scarring on both sides of the muzzle, and on two sides of the cylinder. Here are some before pictures,

I had at it with some 600 grit, and some mothers mag polish, added some grips I had, and here is the result.

I am really pleased at how it came out, but wish I knew what BDPS stands for,only thing I could find was Boulder Dam Power Station, but that is in Canada, and the revolver has no import marking, any ideas?

 

[max]

Bangla Desh Public Service?

 

[snw19_357]

Britishcolumbia Dah Partment Safety??

 

[MSgt G]

Beautiful dang pistol, Silly!

 

[jimmyj]

Hi:
You are a artist! The before and after is awesome.
Enjoy.
Jimmy

 

[enfield]

B______ Department of Public Safety.

Boulder Dam Power Station.

I dunno.

 

[-db-]

Beautiful dang pistol, Silly!

We have a winner.

Gotta love stainless. Nice rescue.

 

[charlie sherrill]

Something that begins with a "B" Department of Public Safety. That narrows it down some, now somebody figure out what the "B" stands for and we'll all know.

 

[4864]

Nice job!! Looks great. I too say some Dept. Of Public Safety.

 

[Alk8944]

Acronymfinder.com came up with four possibilities:
Blaine Department of Public Safety
Boundary Dam Power Station
Business Development & Procurement Services (Dallas, TX)
Behavioral, Developmental and Protective Services (Iowa)

The first two seem more likely than the last two.

 

[daa9mm]

Beaumont Dept of Public Safety?

 

[Duster42]

You sure did a great job cleaning that one up.
Nice find.

 

[stantheman86]

I would say Boston Dept. of Public Safety, but don't know if they call themselves that.

I have a Ruger Speed Six marked BPD for Boston, it seems Texas is one of the states that uses the term "Dept. of Public Safety".

I love old cop guns with character, I got plenty of 'em! Most show decades of use but not a whole lot of rounds. Just be glad the rear sight isn't mashed flat, I have some that the rear sight was trashed from being bashed against things while in the holster. Cop guns spent years getting knocked against car door frames, etc. and also going in and out of weapons lockers going into jails.

 

[large_orange_drink]

You know what's funny is all of those revolvers that the good guys threw down in the movies would have looked like this.

 

[dant]

Nice job on the "before & after..." and I have to agree with the Texas note above, they did a lot of that over the years, most of the others used "PD" or "SD" ( sheriff dept) and the federal agencies were also quite obvious............get a letter

 

[jughed440]

Best Damn Polishing Service???

 

[Texas Star]

Boulder (CO) Dept of Public Safety. Any city with B, other than probably, Boston.

Brownsville, Brownwood, Breckenridge, Bowie, Brazoria, more in just my state. Could be a county dept., too. A factory letter is about your only bet.

T-Star

 

[sw282]

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[IraIII]

Thanks for all the replies. I wasn't sure if a letter from Roy would give the information on what BDPS stood for, I thought it might go to a wholesaler, but it might go direct to the purchaser.
The rear sight was damaged during its slide, I don't have before pictures of the sight blade, but here is one of after.

The left side was ground away, leaving a rough angled corner, instead of a square corner. I cleaned the left up with a file, and then filed the right side to match, leaves kind of a no snag sight. I still may replace the sights with night sights, but I kind of like it like this.

 

[Srigs]

I have the same markings on my 66-1 2.5" BDPS.

A knowledgeable revolver guy (Jim Higgenbotham) said BDPS was Baylor Dept of Public Safety as in the University in Texas. Hope this helps.