Let's see your Law Enforcement Marked Smiths!
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Bill Bates
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The only Smith & Wesson I know for sure is a law enforcement revolver is my 6 1/2 inch barrel Transition Model 1926 3rd Model .44 Spl. Hand Ejector. It is from the Washington State Patrol. Their stamping on the backstrap was ground off when it was surplused but you can still barely make out the WA.
CTSWnut
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yours is similar to my 15-3. the numbering is slightly different. Mine says SPD71-55. Mine came with factory target stocks.
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I stumbled onto this M&P .38 in a local shop a few years ago. I figured it for an NYPD gun since it had a shield number in the backstrap, but the number was applied sloppily unlike the others of the time. A letter to S&W confirmed it was shipped to the NYPD in October of 1946. I reached out to RM Vivas from this forum and he supplied me with the name of the officer and a copy of the logbook from the police department showing it went to Patrolman Daniel C Hynes. . He also supplied with with newspaper articles showing Hynes shaking the mayor's hand while being awarded the Medal for Valor. Hynes used my gun in a shootout with 4 armed perps who were robbing a bar in 1951. He was assigned to the same precinct I would be assigned to 42 years later! It has become my most cherished gun. Hynes died in 2002 in Florida. No idea where that gun was from when he retired in maybe the mid 70's at beat, and that's IF he did 30 years, to when I bought it in 2020 I think.
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Florida Highway Patrol 5" nickel Model 19-2
Actually, that is a unicorn. A 5 inch Model 19 is much more than rare.
Ah, thanks!!
It was a gift from a friend. He acquired it thru a trade for time worked many years ago.
One winter he was pushing thru heavy snow along a trail and heard a "CRUMMMFFF" behind him. He turned slowly and poised to launch was a mountain lion that had just jumped off the cut bank and flopped into the snow. He got the 28 on it and shot it in the face. Thing blew up (as they often do when shot) and bolted, spraying blood as it ran. He didn't follow it up.
I told him if he ever wanted to sell it to let me know.
One day after working some stock down at the barn with my wife, daughter and son-in-law we walked up to the house and on the porch was a shoe box with "Dirty Laundry" scrawled on the lid. I opened it up and...there was the 28.
Had to return the favor so I drove into town and got a bottle of Wild Turkey (his favorite) and stuck it in the box, crossed out the "Dirty Laundry" and wrote "Clean Laundry" on the box and snuck it over to his house with my daughters.
Had a big laugh.
Fits some old gun leather I made years ago just fine.
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SGT ROCK 11B
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Bubba's Drivers License Number?
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I was reading the biography of a Lawman from the 1920s & 1930s. His town did not have gangsters or moonshiners and the biggest problem there was wild dogs. .22 rimfire will put down wild dogs.
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SGT ROCK 11B
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And today West Virginia is still Republican. While Virginia is what it is.
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I've collecting police-marked firearms for almost a decade now. They are a hoot to buy and shoot
Some of my favorites are
1) Indiana State Police S&W 66
2) California Highway Patrol S&W 60 and 68
3) Oklahoma Highway Patrol S&W 681
4) Austin PD S&W 28
5)USPS Postal Inspector S&W 36
6) USAF S&W 15
7) Wisconsin state patrol s&w 66
8) NYSP S&W 28
9) Kansas City S&W 4026
10) Texas DPS Bushmaster AR 15
11) Maryland State Police Beretta 92F
12) Kentucky State Police S&W 60, 66, and 686. Plus their Glock 17 Gen 4. And their Walther PPK
13) Louisville PD S&W 29, 10, and 67
14) NYPD S&W 10 and 5946. Sig P226 and Ruger Service Six
15) Tennessee Highway Patrol S&W 66 and 5906
16) Nevada DPS Sig P226
17) Illinois State Police S&W Remington 870
18) Florida Highway Patrol S&W 27 or 28 and their Glock 37
19) Arizona DPS S&W 15 and their Model 17 or 18 22LR trainer
20) Colorado State Patrol S&W 4006 and their 4013
I've got plenty more, but those are some of my cooler ones
Some of my favorites are
1) Indiana State Police S&W 66
2) California Highway Patrol S&W 60 and 68
3) Oklahoma Highway Patrol S&W 681
4) Austin PD S&W 28
5)USPS Postal Inspector S&W 36
6) USAF S&W 15
7) Wisconsin state patrol s&w 66
8) NYSP S&W 28
9) Kansas City S&W 4026
10) Texas DPS Bushmaster AR 15
11) Maryland State Police Beretta 92F
12) Kentucky State Police S&W 60, 66, and 686. Plus their Glock 17 Gen 4. And their Walther PPK
13) Louisville PD S&W 29, 10, and 67
14) NYPD S&W 10 and 5946. Sig P226 and Ruger Service Six
15) Tennessee Highway Patrol S&W 66 and 5906
16) Nevada DPS Sig P226
17) Illinois State Police S&W Remington 870
18) Florida Highway Patrol S&W 27 or 28 and their Glock 37
19) Arizona DPS S&W 15 and their Model 17 or 18 22LR trainer
20) Colorado State Patrol S&W 4006 and their 4013
I've got plenty more, but those are some of my cooler ones
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Bald1, in answer to your question about a PD having a .22 Smith revolver my own department had two. I served 18 years as the department and a academy FA instructor. For a number of those years we had S&W model 10-6 4"for patrol and 2" for detectives. With 200 officers, some of questionable ability I had the city buy the two 4" revolvers. I used them quite often for training.
In 1987 we moved to Sigs. While qualification scores went up a bit those .22's still came in handy and were used for many years. Especially so for those who carried revolvers off duty.
We only had one evidence gun in active use. This was a Colt AR that was used on rare occasion for raids, but again mostly training. In our state if the department was done with the weapons they had to be turned in to the prosecutors office to be destroyed. City/department owned weapons were traded in and unfortunately never sold outright. This was for me a very sad move. I would gladly have paid the city $100. more for my 10-6 than they received on trade.
BTW anybody reading this I would love to have another 4" blued 10-6 . If in VA. Please give me a PM. Heavy holster wear to the bluing is fine. Which BTW is a good way to ID a police gun. Our department never stamped the weapons. Well worn bluing to the barrel, cylinder and bottom of the trigger guard is normal. As is seriously banged up grips.
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Here's my 67-1 that I found a few years ago languishing in a local pawn shop display case. It's a Louisville Police turn in from decades ago with a buttery double action and superb SA trigger.
Note the Louisville Police shield stamped below the cylinder latch. The stocks, BTW, are "Ropers" by Altamont...good looking but strictly for target velocity loads due to '2nd knuckle' rap.
The LEO that had it kept it in good working order...and it's become one of my favorite carry pieces around the farm here in KY. Best regards, Rod
Note the Louisville Police shield stamped below the cylinder latch. The stocks, BTW, are "Ropers" by Altamont...good looking but strictly for target velocity loads due to '2nd knuckle' rap.
The LEO that had it kept it in good working order...and it's become one of my favorite carry pieces around the farm here in KY. Best regards, Rod
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