FBI Gun Collection of Jerry Campbell

[ldp4570]

The holster with the S&W M&P 2" is a Lewis Police Special. IMHO the best plainclothes holster ever. I still use one. I have wondered why current holster manufactors have not copied this holster.

The plastic makers still haven't been able to make fake leather, (be it cow or pig) to duplicate the feel, smell leather!!

 

[snappydad]

Very much enjoyed learning about this man, his path and the pistols he carried. Thanks for a great history lesson.

 

[mbliss57]

Great stuff. Thanks for the history lessons.

 

[Hook'em Horns]

Cool thread, very interesting. I enjoyed watching the youtube video of the manville and reading the funny comments people posted about the "professional"

Cool pictures

 

[dry powder]

great collection

Envy what you have collected.

Regards,

John Lynch

 

[GRP17]

Thats quite a collection and they seem pretty well kept

 

[Shorty 45 MK2]

Thanks for bring it back Handejector!

 

[rednichols]

Thanks for bring it back Handejector!

And thanks from me, as well. I got a kick out of seeing the Myers cartridge slide pictured upside down in several of the pics; unlike other makers of the era, Myers' slides had the fold at the bottom edge of the belt, and the sewn edge at the top. This from Myers' 1931 catalogue:



Another post wonders about the Lewis holster; indeed it was produced, in improved form, by Bucheimer-Clark. The improvement consisted of the spring extending to the top of the revolver cylinder vs the bottom. From a forum member's picture album:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/member...ther-picture9359-bucheimer-clark-cat-p-9.html

At one time all three companies were separate contemporaries -- Clark, J.M. Bucheimer, and Lewis -- and also made the more familiar crossdraw with the vertical clamp "spring" with the screw through it at the muzzle. B-C was out of business by the late 1970s and autos had taken over the marketplace by the mid-80s.

http://smith-wessonforum.com/member...her-picture9356-bucheimer-clark-cat-p-12.html

Safariland made a version of the Lewis, which is to say that their design borrowed the method of assembly that inserted the spring from the "fold" and then to the open edges of the holster; in Safari's case, the fold was formed by a stitched-in Sight Track:

http://propsummit.com/viewtopic.php?p=4554

 

[les.b]

Lee, thanks for resurrecting the info on this thread. I am a new guy here, although I have periodically dropped in before joining. I am an old retired law enforcement officer, currently teaching criminal justice at the collegiate level.

I am extremely interested in this sort of historical information, and thanks for sharing with a forum newbie. Started in law enforcement in 1975, and there were guys working then who had started in the 1940s. Learned a lot from them, and am still learning today. Great stuff on agent Campbell. Who knows? Some of this material may make it into one of my courses. One appropriate class deals with law enforcementment firearms. I'm always on the lookout for material for this class.

I also collect firearms which have law enforcement relevance, and this is interesting material in that realm as well

Thanks again!!'

 

[moosedog]

Great thread. Always nice to reread.
I found out my non registered magnum #60264 is several hundred away from Jerry's and was shipped 12-15-1939.

 

[les.b]

Larry Wack... Just got to your info. What I told Lee in my above post goes for you also. I had visited your web site in the past, but never had the opportunity to personally thank you. Thanks!!! I see also that it seems to have grown since the last time that I visited. Kudos for making this valuble historical information available to modern day scholars, academics, and just ordinary folks as well. We all should appreciate your work.

 

[Bill Bates]

I owned a matching Orville Kuhl engraved Parker 16 Gauge to the .357 Magnum. I tried for years to find out who owned and had the Parker engraved with no success. Who ever it was had enough pull to be able to have Remington repair it twice during the height of WWII.

Kuhl did engraving for King Sight customers and others.

My Parker with Kuhl distinctive border work and gold Dogwood flowers.

 

[Nevada Dan]

I was introduced to "Jerry" Campbell in the late 1940s, when I was five or six years old, by my uncle Ray Carpenter who was a Santa Cruz Ca Police Officer. The FBI used to provide firearms training for local police departments back in those days and Campbell was often assigned to provide the training for the SCPD. I have his autograph. I was later reacquainted with Jerry after his retirement when I became an officer for the SCPD in 1967. Campbell was working for the George Cake Company in Oakland CA selling police supplies. He remembered my uncle and the day when he signed my autograph book. It was a real treat for me to see his guns and photos in this thread.

 

[Muley Gil]

"Who ever it was had enough pull to be able to have Remington repair it twice during the height of WWII."

S&W did the same thing. I have a 1926 .44 that was renickeled in February 1942. Roy Jinks said that the company did not neglect their civilian customers during the war.


"The FBI used to provide firearms training for local police departments back in those days..."

As a young deputy in 1977, a local FBI agent did the firearms qual for my sheriff's department. I shot a 6" M28 and reloaded from my pockets, using .38 special wadcutters!!

In the '80s and '90s, a FBI agent came to my PD to help with firearms training.

It didn't hurt that both of my departments had officers that had graduated from the FBI academy.

 

[Sayoc01]

G.Loddy mentions being taught how to shoot by some old gunslingers in his book "Will"!
Jim

 

[KSDeputy]

This thread is awesome, the old revolver and holster photos especially, and the website link. For many years I have kicked myself in the butt for selling my stainless Model 60. They are incredibly expensive now. This past week I was able to buy a new S&W Model 637-2. It isn't a model 60, but damn close. I had sold off all of my revolvers except my stainless model 63 kit gun, which I will never sell.

 

[Chief Tom]

Fine guns, and a wonderful collection. Also, those FBI instructors can shoot. My experience with FBI and DEA instructors in their Firearms Training Unit was a great experience. So was shooting so much top-notch factory ammo!

 

[lw]

Les,

Many thanks for your kind words about our website. Campbell's application to the FBI back in the 30s is at our website if anyone is interested. Check the "Navigation" area for the various applications of him and others. Go to: Faded Glory; Dusty Roads Of An FBI Era at: historicalgmen.squarespace.com

Best
Larry Wack
FBI - (Ret.) '68-03

 

[les.b]

With Mike Conti's new book coming out, I had to revisit this thread. Great information that is making my reading of Mike's Volume 1 come alive even more!

Best Regards, Les

 

[Lee's Landing Billy]

I like and respect this site and the posters. This is my favorite posting of all time. Thanks to all involved. Billy