COLLECTING PD GUNS

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I picked up a model 13 3 inch marked O.C.S.61 and dont have a clue what it means but It was ussued somewhere any help would be great thanks
 
Would have an interest in a "Fixed Sighn N-Frame .357 Magnum made for the New York State Police in 1980."?

Patrick Sweeney in his book, "Gun Digest of Smith & Wesson", states: "And if you have a 520, you have the most durable .357 Magmum Revolver ever made."

Box is marked "NYSP" -- but not the gun. NYSP ordered them, then changed their mind and then adopted a pistol, before they were delivered.

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I have one that is unfired, LNIB, with original box (pictured above) and tools and papers.
 
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collecting PD guns

I recently, well, a couple years ago, bought a model 65-4 from a gun dealer that is marked wcsxxxx below the cylinder. I live in Mo. and I don't think that many counties start with W so I'm gonna try to see where it came from. gonna try to attach a couple pics.
 

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The NJSP did in fact destroy their P7M8s. I know, because when we switched to SiGs, I tried to get mine. The guns were never marked. The holster on the other had, had a great NJSP triangle embossed into it. They took the guns, mags, mag pouch and holster and put it in a bag tagged with our badge #. I never saw it again.

My coolest "police gun" is a Remington Model 81 with a detachable 15 round magazine. It was a LA Sheriff's Dept. gun. It is awesome. Like a semiauto BAR!
 
I have been collecting Tennessee Highway Patrol guns for a few years,both duty guns and commemoratives.
I have a Non Registered Mag(first pic) that letters to Department of Safety in 1941,dont think they all had them but this one went there for sure.The early years arent that well documented..Then Colt Commados were in there somewhere...I have a 15 (pic shown) then they went to 65s then 5906s then Sigmas then the current Glock 31 (pictured).
Commemoratives include the 1979 M19,1989 M25 45LC,1996 Colt 1911
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PD Guns

I recently, well, a couple years ago, bought a model 65-4 from a gun dealer that is marked wcsxxxx below the cylinder. I live in Mo. and I don't think that many counties start with W so I'm gonna try to see where it came from. gonna try to attach a couple pics.
I have a SW 10 and 65 marked wcs with 3 digit #, I was told that it was Warren county sheriff NJ It is in the safe but I can look in my book and we can compare SN# if that would help. PM me. Be Safe.
 
Have a 1975 model 67 marked CHP (California Highway Patrol) and also a 1982 model 13-3 marked Sacto. Sheriff (Sacramento Sheriff; not state police but FYI) Obviously, the stainless is more cosmetically forgiving. (What's with the Pachmayrs? How about some nice worn magnas for us collectors?)

By the way, the 67 cylinder was loosey-goosey regarding rotation on lockup so I got a MIM cylinder lock "thingie" (forget what it's called) (the thing that pops up from inside the frame and locks up the cylinder) from Brownells. Put it in and it works like a champ. Read somewhere gotta' get the MIM part as it's made to max specs.


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Not State Police issue, but....

Here's an older one of this genre that I recently came across, a Military & Police .38 Special Model of 1905 4th Change, which from the serial number I estimate was made around 1928. Bore excellent, action smooth, lockup acceptably tight, although you can induce it to occasionally be that slight tick away from doing so if you repeatedly cock it very slowly.

It didn't have any stocks on it at all, the correct ones for that era being the no medallion type. However, it was evident from a faint demarcation line on the frame & also from the fact that the rearmost sideplate screw had been replaced with the flathead type, that at some point this revolver had been switched over to magna style stocks. All the stocks I had were way too good for this rough a gun, so an acquaintance brought me some nasty stocks (I wouldn't dignify them by calling them pairs) so I was able to select a left & a right that matched well enough, & are about the appropriate condition. Had to make the bottom locator hole on each just a bit oblong to get them to mount flush, & found a slightly boogered up screw to affix them with.

The large top sideplate screw was missing also, but I found one of those among my parts as well, looks to be from a Victory, but it fits & looks fine. The other absent component is the hammer nose, so it can't go bang just yet, but I've ordered up the parts to remedy that.

So why bother with this beater? Because on the backstrap it's marked "Atlanta Police Dept. No. 2xx" so it has more historical value than is typical, & of course, that service provides an excuse for its very used condition, as well as for the conversion to the later style stocks. I'm told that the previous owner had checked with S&W and was assured that if a letter was ordered, it would show that this revolver was in fact shipped directly to APD.
 

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My only PD gun, 4006 Colorado State Patrol...

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I have two PD guns. One is a 5903TSW from the Gwinnett County PD
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The second is an Atlanta PD 4003TSW with decocker only.
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If I am not careful, I could get caught up in collecting these types of guns.
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A friend of mine has a Beretta 96D from the Minnesota State Police, and a couple revolvers, mostly S&W 28's from other states. All of them look well used, to put it mildly.

I have two former PD guns, a S&W 4586 from Bud's Gunshop, a former Newport News, VA gun, and an S&W 5906 from Puerto Rico. I'm not sure what department it's from, but I found a little card in the bottom of the blue box under the foam, and it's in Spanish, and says it was issued to officer O________ , badge #___. The 5906 is in excellent shape, very clean, but the 4586 just in good shape, lots of "character" on it.
 
I collect them, there's something about them that appeals to me. I was concentrating on Bposton PD guns, but have some from all over. I have a 4506 in mint shape with BPD xxx-xxx on the frame. It comes from Brownsville, Texas. Since it's not Boston, I'm putting it on the market.
 
Boston is going to .45's and Mayor Mumbles Menino has stated that ALL guns will be destroyed, they are too dangerous for civilians!

I have 3 police guns, one a Glock from Detroit (marked) and a 5906 police turn-in (can't find department) and my 28-2 that while not an official issue, I carried on duty occasionally.

My prize is a Victory model that letters to the Connecticut State Police in Hartford CT in 1943!

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The Louisiana State Police did not mark their Sigs with Property Control Numbers (PCN), a similar system to IL apparently, They now issue Glock 22 RTFs that are engraved with the "boot"- the shape of the state. I haven't had a chance to see the engraving closely yet. I retired just before I was to be issued a Glock. The Sigs, as well as all firearms in the inventory have PCNs, some have it engraved with a vibratory engraving tool, others had the PCN scratched into the stock; shotguns and wood stocked rifles mostly. Some have a metal plate or decal with the PCN attached to the weapon. Many of the firearms do not have the PCN attached to the firearm. Of the model 66s that were issued in the early eighties some were stamped LA State Police and some were not. My 2 1/2 inch is stamped and letters that it was stamped so at the factory. The 4 inch is not stamped but letters as shipping to the LSP Headquarters as well. Neither of these has the PCN attached to, or engraved onto it.
 
All my PD guns, Luger (East German) Walther (West Germany) Colt (Boston Police) 5906 (unknown dept) Glock (Detroit Police) Victory (CT State Police) M&P (Boston Police) M28-2 (my old Duty Gun)

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I would hope New Jersey didn't destroy the H&K P7 squeeze cockers. I think they, the Navajo Tribal Police and the Capitol Police issued that pistol for a while. What a good shooting piece that was. Not easy to work on or so I was told. Very Very expensive, but O' so nice I would love to have one in good shape I would even take a PSP (Euro edition) if it was pristine. the bluing on some H&K P models would get a slightly purple cast to the steel. I was told that it was due to hardness of the steel. Any info would be appreciated. What a shooter, sat low in the hand, solid barrel, just real nice...Any other LE agencies that used them I would like to know about them....

Here are the one's I know about:

US Park Police
NJSP
Utah Highway Patrol....last I heard the issued Beretta Cougars
Navajo tribal police
And there were a couple in the Republic of CA also.
 

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