Law Enf. marked hand guns

[bulletproof-791]

I really like to start collecting Law Enforcement marked hand guns.

show me what you got and why you got it and what did you pay (if you don't mind telling)


here is my SW40F shipped to the STARK CO SHERIFF's dept in Oct 1994, i paid $200.00 with 3 LEO marked mags last week
i am looking to buy A OHIO STATE PATROL Beretta 96d

 

[David LaPell]

Here is an old Colt Police Positive from the Troy, NY Police Department. Not sure when they carried these, trying to get some information or maybe a town historian. It actually shoots very well.

 

[longaction]

LE Marks

No Smiths but two revolvers from the "other" company. The prices are from about 10 years ago.

Official Police: Boston P.D. ; paid $250

Python: Florida Highway Patrol; paid $875

Good field for collecting, there are some L.E. marked handguns around.

 

[Art Doc]

Some collectors or special interest buyers look for LE marked guns. I just buy shooters so I wind up with them. Mostly S&Ws.

I am told the dealer where this was shipped supplied cops in Texas but it is not marked. May have been a personal purchase by an officer. I paid $195 for it about 12 years ago at a Denver show.

I got this from a wholesaler in 1989 for $189. They had a bunch of them and they were advertised as police turn ins but it is not marked and I have no idea which agency used it.

No question about this one's heritage. Factory inscribed Utah Highway Patrol it is one of 50 (#27) sent to that agency. I bought it about 5-6 years ago and I know I paid too much for it (rare for me to admit that being a famous cheapskate and finder of good deals) but it was something that I just wanted... badly. I paid $3,000 for it.

A rare 4" pre-war Heavy Duty shipped in 1940 to the Ft. Smith, Arkansas PD. Was blue, someone plated it. Not stamped but letters as shipped to the PD. Bagged it at a local gun show 3-4 years back for $400. Even had the letter with it. Probably too much given the condition, but I live in AR and this is the only gun I have with AR LE history.

A genuine original nickel plated LE revolver. Shipped to the Florida Highway Patrol in 1977 (photo tag says 75 but it was 77). I bought it as police surplus in 1988 for $215. I believe it was in unfired condition when I got it. Must not have ever been issued. One of my favorite (if not THE favorite) pistols.

Bought this at a gunshow in Utah around 2000. Lettered as shipped to the campus police at "Louisiana University" (LA State or U. of LA?). This one looked like new and I paid $165 for it.

Both shipped in 1949. One went to a police officers' private club in Los Angeles and the other to a police supply house in NYC. I figure both were personal purchases by cops for off duty carry. Found them 3-4 years ago one month apart at a local gun show. Paid $200 and $210 (could NOT get the guy down to $200!) respectively.

A typical Victory Model for Great Britain it bears German PD stampings. The town is in Saxony meaning it was carried by a Saxon pig. Got this a couple months ago for $250 on GunBroker.

Another German PD (Wolfsburg) marking on this 1918 DWM P.08. My mother gave me a 1918 DWM Luger for my 21st birthday but it was stolen in 1985. I bought this as a replacement. I think I paid $375 for it.

Shipped to U.S. Customs in 1970 to supply federal officers from various agencies. I bought it in 1992 from a retired agent who said he carried it for 18 years. Paid $185. This is a daily carry piece for me. This makes 3 original LE guns in nickel I own.

Bought this about 4 years ago for $265 on Auction Arms. More than I wanted to pay but exactly what I was seeking and as the old saying goes, the time to buy is when you find what you want. This is the second of my daily work guns. Stamped for the Corpus Christi PD.

Used by the Atlanta PD (according to the dealer selling them about 6 years ago) this 659 is my most purely functional gun. I think it's ugly but does exactly what I need it to do. Lives in my PU truck. Paid $232 on Auction Arms.

 

[Moonman]

All LEO firearms or trade-ins ARE NOT MARKED. If your're interested in marked ones make sure that's understood especially dealing on the internet. I have one purchased here and one of the recent for sale ones from Budsguns, neither is marked and I didn't care either way.

 

[ohiobuckeye]

I only have four leo marked guns in my collection and those were purely by chance. One is a Pueblo Colorado marked 38-44 Heavy Duty, the second is a CHP marked Model 66(without the PD overstamps), the third is a double action only LAPD marked model 66, and last but not least, a RHKP model 10. I don't normally collect PD marked guns, but in the case of the two model 66's, that's all that was available except for the CHP commemorative, and I avoid commemoratives like the plague, and the RHKP and Pueblo guns were priced so low, it would have been sinful not to bring them home with me.....

 

[CajunBass]

I've got a couple. This 15-3 is marked "D.P.S. 2973." I've been told both the Texas and Arizona Department of Public Safety marked their guns this way.

Then I've got this Colt Official Police from 1939 (according to Proofhouse), marked as "Treasury Department Secret Service."

I'm not sure how well this shows up. It doesn't on my monitor very well.

 

[lawandorder]

The Arkansas State Police used Heavy Duty's from 1937 to around 1968 when they transitioned to Model 28 Highway Patrolmen .357 magnums.

The 4 inch is mid 1950s.

They were factory roll marked on the backstrap.

 

[JustinL]

I have a couple of ex-LE Smith & Wessons.

The Pencil barreled Pre Model 10 was an ex-NYPD gun that has since been refinished. Manufactured in 1945 or 46. I do not remember which. The heavy barreled Model 10-8 is, apparently a Canadian law enforcement trade-in. It was shipped to Shuriken Distributing Co in Mississauga, Ontario in Sept 1982 but is not police marked. The importer, though, swears up and down in was a police trade-in.

 

[Ogandydancer]

I have a 5903TSW marked Gwinnette Co. I have a P229R CPO that was probably some Fed. LE agency but not marked and I have a Beretta 92f that was an ex Thomasville PD gun but it's not marked either. I really don't care one way or the other. I do think the Ohio State Patrol logo of the Flying wheel is sort-a unique and would be neat to own.

 

[bulletproof-791]

OSP

[I do think the Ohio State Patrol logo of the Flying wheel is sort-a unique and would be neat to own.[/QUOTE]

 

[james56]

M-27-2 Lettered with shipped date of April,1975 To Austin, TX. P.D. # 510

1917 With Letter of Providence and Police/FBI files from the owner who rose in rank in the FBI and latter became the police Chief of 3 different P.D's. He carried it as Police Chief.

Always Looking to snag a FHP 5" M-27-2

 

[cowart]

Robertson's Trading Post has a bunch of law enforcement turn-in S&W revolvers up for auction - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, California Dept Of Corrections, Maryland, etc.

 

[BigG-n-Tn]

Here is my Illinois State Police marked model 39 no-dash. A model 39 was my first pistol. I sold it to my brother with a promise to be the buy-it-back option. No need to tell how that went. I got this one just because of the fact that a 39 was my first and I wanted one to replace it.

It must've been marked at the factory prior to finishing? Says Ill. S.P. 288 on the left side of the frame.

I also remember the safety -on my first one- cracking in half. S&W replaced it for free and wanted to study the old parts to see why it failed.

 

[Retired W4]

MPD 091 M65-1

This is my one and only PD gun that was bought last year. I'm not sure who MPD is, but they really took good care of their guns. P&R, 4" w/ red ramp front sight and a great lock up. The Hogues were on when I bought it. At $400, I probably paid too much, but it's one of those things I had to have. Over time I didn't let the price bother me. I like this gun!

 

[vic3620]

indiana state police 66-2

I've had this several years it has the indiana state police emblem half hidden by the black grips. bought it with holster, speed loader holsters and speedloaders. just a little over $200.00

 

[Onomea]

Model 65-1 from Lubbock, Texas, PD, that I am in the process of spiffin' up:

 

[Cyrano]

BigG-in-Tn: Does your M 39 have the short extractor; looks like the extractor is broken in half but the front half is secured by a vertical pin? If so, it's a really desirable variation of the Model 39.

 

[LOBO]

NYPD NY-1 marked model 64 that is DAO...

 

[Dr.-d]

SIG 225/ P6. German Police trade in made 2/80 and marked NW for Nordrhein-Westfalen
Caliber 9mm Luger