Let's see your Law Enforcement Marked Smiths!

[Randomgunguy]

My verified CHP 4013TSW that I still carry on duty and CCW. Still sees some occasional highway action. Considered getting it refinished but I like that it tells a story with the damage that its still gathering. Sadly the very well worn grip was cracked when a fellow officer bumped the gun onto the ground in the range so thats basically new now.

 

[BillyKframe]

Here is a 19-3 from the Georgia State Patrol back in the Smokey & The Bandit days.

 

[EEResQ]

[Q]I see now that the engraving on the bottom of the barrel also is marked
"Exb-2"
I am guessing for exhibit #2 ?[/Q]
Yes... "Exh 2" = Exhibit 2.
Note: As exhibit numbers are assigned by the court clerk, I do not believe the number is a LE case number.

As the topic of "Court Ordered Asset Forfeiture of Firearms" is not exactly germane to the title of this thread, I'll be creating a new thread covering these unique Smith & Wesson handguns.

 

[Road Rat]

My only law enforcement are 3 model 10's that were used by Victoria Australia. They are marked with small stickers.

 

[EEResQ]

Getting back to "Law Enforcement Marked Smiths"...
Top: Kentucky State Police / S&W 4566-TSW (unissued)
Bottom: Kentucky State Police / S&W 1076-NS (retired)

Below: California Highway Patrol (CHP prefix) / S&W 4006-TSW (retired)

 

[robt38]

Not sure what the stamp means, possibly Dept. of parks and rec?

 

[EEResQ]

Not sure what the stamp means, possibly Dept. of parks and rec?

As the Washington DC DPR Law Enforcement Park Rangers no longer exist, that's a distinct possibility. Their law enforcement responsibilities have been transferred to D.C Special Police Officers.

Source: www.park-ranger.org/district-of-columbia/DPR

 

[80sSmithGuy722]

686 .357 no dash SN AEFxxx manufactured 1984. 1 of 400 681s and 686s delivered to the Santa Clara Sheriff's Office 10/1984. Marked SCCDOC and SCSO.

 

[Rust E. Badge]

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Model 5903 found at another gun show about 10 years ago marked Atlanta Police.

Nice. I live in metro-Atlanta and knew a man in the early 1980's who owned a Winchester 1873 in .44 WCF marked APD #--. I forgot the number following APD but it was very nice. Too bad I didn't try to buy it from him. I eventually became a police officer and retired several years ago.

 

[WILDPIG]

Time to slip this ugly ol' gal back into the conversation.

WILDPIG

 

[Onomea]

Lubbock PD. I gussied it up after I bought it.

 

[ridewv]

One of my son's friends is a state policeman and he bought this from him as a birthday present for me when WV changed to another platform.

 

[damienph]

Like I said earlier, my 1937 38/44 isn't marked but does letter to a PD.

 

[EEResQ]

Almost forgot about this little BUG...
It's a retired Kentucky State Police / Walther PPK/S (licensed by Smith & Wesson). According to a KSP armorer, only 1250 of these were ordered in 1986 as back-up guns for issue to State Troopers.

 

[80sSmithGuy722]

Here's the S&W that got me hooked on the brand. Got this lightly fired .40 M&P Detroit PD and rack # 1542 marked pistol for a ridiculous price from Buds pre-pandemic. My fav S&W auto to shoot... not a beauty queen like my LE 686 but smooth, comfortable and reliable. I am sure it gave solace to some brave Motor City cop when it was worn.

 

[Sevens]

I have two Model 10's that qualify here. One is really nice and the other is less so.


First is a TPD for Toledo Police Department, 10-6 which I believe dates to 1969. It has some good, honest use but I would guess it did not spend years out on patrol because it's pretty nice.


The other one was an issued gun for the Ohio DOC. It is not marked but was part of a large group that the local huge gun store took in.

It is a 10-10, dates to 1991 I think, and it is not marked with the DOC however you must love how the department armorer gave it a rack number:

I was not there but in my mind he carved in to it with a rusty, broken nail.

This revolver shoots & shoots however! Slick and smooth and a joy to shoot.

 

[EEResQ]

I was not there but in my mind he carved in to it with a rusty, broken nail.

This revolver shoots & shoots however! Slick and smooth and a joy to shoot.

Yup... It's hard to beat a S&W Model 10 'Heavy Barrel'.

 

[ARgon]

Model 66 50 year anniversary of the US Border Patrol. 1924-1974. Bought by Patrol agents with their badge number on the left side.

 

[EEResQ]

Model 66 50 year anniversary of the US Border Patrol. 1924-1974. Bought by Patrol agents with their badge number on the left side.

Nice!

 

[ARgon]

Vermont State Police precursor, 1930's Colt 38 Super.

 

[ARgon]

Vermont State police S&W 66-1. Purchase from the state armorer, 1980's. I added the grips, now my wife's gun

 

[EEResQ]

Vermont State Police precursor, 1930's Colt 38 Super.

S&W 66-1. Purchase from the state armorer,

Sweet!
Both of them.

 

[Dino44]

Connecticut State Police, Blackened Model 66.

 

[EEResQ]

Connecticut State Police, Blackened Model 66.

Nice! I found this S&W 66 (pre-1982 P&R) in the SCofSW 5th Ed. They describe the finish as "blued stainless." Plus, only 750 to 800 units were produced to fill this order.

 

[JiminMaine]

Model 19-5 Maine Game Warden

 

[JiminMaine]

Here are a couple more. Nassau Co. N.Y.
66-


66- Marion Co. Indiana



27-3
FBI (50 Year commemorative)

 

[Tom 3Persons]

S&W model .38/44 Heavy Duty Marked to the British Columbia Provincial Police
According to the seller I got it from a few years back - S&W model .38/44 Heavy Duty (not Outdoorsman) in .38 Special, with 5" barrel. It is in very good to excellent condition and the bore is the same. It is marked to the old British Columbia Police (BCP-437 stamped on butt). Appears to have been fired very little. Date of Manf -1940 (date not yet verified).

SN 61732 on butt, cylinder, the cylinder rod groove inside the shroud and inside the right grip. Swing out crane is different, of course. No MP markings.
When the BCP were disbanded in 1950, many of their revolvers were inherited by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Pre-empting the question - this one is not documented or marked as RCMP, but the next serial number up from this one is.

Footnote of interest from the internet - The British Columbia Provincial Police (abbreviated BCPP or BCP) were formed in 1858, as were the Texas Rangers, so are thought to be the two oldest territorial police forces in North America.

 

[EEResQ]

27-3
FBI (50 Year commemorative)
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Nice... But, I find it interesting the F.B.I. didn't choose a three inch S&W Model 13 for its 50th Anniversary commemorative revolver. S&W Model13 was the last revolver issued by the FBI before they transitioned to semi-automatics.

 

[damienph]

….was an issued gun for the Ohio DOC. It is not marked but was part of a large group that the local huge gun store took in.
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It is a 10-10, dates to 1991 I think, and it is not marked with the DOC however you must love how the department armorer gave it a rack number:

I was not there but in my mind he carved in to it with a rusty, broken nail.

This revolver shoots & shoots however! Slick and smooth and a joy to shoot.

@Sevens post inspired me to share this one. Post war M&P, I don't think that it is a PD gun but maybe a security guard's gun issued to him when he does his rounds around the plant.

Scratched in markings on frame below cylinder.
CSG9

 

[Rakkasan13F]

I have a number of LE guns.

The three Model 60s are all former Metro Nashville PD guns. The one with the regular hammer has the MNPD logo on the right side. All of them are etched just below the cylinder on the left side. A friend of mine is a MNPD SGT and deciphered two of them for me (I haven't asked about the latest). The one marked 315C was issued to South Precinct, Zone 15, Midnight shift. The one marked 517C was issued to Hermitage Precinct, Zone 17, Midnight Shift. The third is marked 347C, so I know it's South Precinct, Midnight Shift, but there is no patrol zone 47, which leads me to believe it may have been issued to an officer not assigned to patrol, but to some other detail.

The Model 67 is marked S.C. Prob., which I believe is an Alabama county's probation department, given that I bought it in Huntsville. If that's correct, it's most likely Shelby County, which is just south of Birmingham.

Then, there's the Royal Hong Kong Police marked Model 10.

The Model 686 isn't department marked because it wasn't department issued. But my dad carried it as his duty gun for the first ten years of his 23-year career with the York County (Maine) Sheriff's Department and has worn it while protecting former President George H.W. Bush on many occasions. When his arthritis got too bad to qualify with .357, he went to the jail full time for the rest of his career, and I bought the gun from him.