***Another example of the great work performed by the SWHF. Without their efforts, this connection to history would be lost.***
The population of Los Angeles doubled in the 1920's, the city expanded, and different industries took off. Though not quite the wild west any more, LA proved to still be fairly wild. Captain Chester D. Allen of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department armed himself with a 44 Hand Ejector, 1st Model (Triple Lock) which shipped in June 1910 to a large sporting goods store in LA.
Capt. Allen was hired as a Constable in 1914, worked his way up to the homicide squad where he spent the 20's and was quite busy, promoted to Captain of the Altadena Sub Station in 1929, promoted to the main office in 1934, then retired in 1939. A search of the newspapers of the time turned up quite the list of issues Capt. Allen was tasked with investigating at the time. Some examples are below.
Shipped as a 6.5", now sports a serialized 4" barrel (with correct patent roll mark on the side). Stocks are correct but non-matching.
Returned in 1931 for repairs and a re-blue. Not sure if this is when the 4" barrel was installed or if that happened earlier but not found in the archives. Star on the butt, diamond on the grip frame, no date stamp, diamond with a B under the star on the cylinder.
Very interesting writing about the best life insurance policy:
These next two are from August 1922:
Rum War in 1925:
Don't even know what to make of this:
The population of Los Angeles doubled in the 1920's, the city expanded, and different industries took off. Though not quite the wild west any more, LA proved to still be fairly wild. Captain Chester D. Allen of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department armed himself with a 44 Hand Ejector, 1st Model (Triple Lock) which shipped in June 1910 to a large sporting goods store in LA.
Capt. Allen was hired as a Constable in 1914, worked his way up to the homicide squad where he spent the 20's and was quite busy, promoted to Captain of the Altadena Sub Station in 1929, promoted to the main office in 1934, then retired in 1939. A search of the newspapers of the time turned up quite the list of issues Capt. Allen was tasked with investigating at the time. Some examples are below.
Shipped as a 6.5", now sports a serialized 4" barrel (with correct patent roll mark on the side). Stocks are correct but non-matching.
Returned in 1931 for repairs and a re-blue. Not sure if this is when the 4" barrel was installed or if that happened earlier but not found in the archives. Star on the butt, diamond on the grip frame, no date stamp, diamond with a B under the star on the cylinder.
Very interesting writing about the best life insurance policy:
These next two are from August 1922:
Rum War in 1925:
Don't even know what to make of this:
Last edited:
