Let's see your Law Enforcement Marked Smiths!

[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.

 

[JiminMaine]

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.

It would have made too much sense to use the Model 13. I only bought it because I was looking for a Model 27 and liked the 5" barrel. Plus it was cheaper than any other 27 that I had been looking at. I guess nobody was interested in a FBI gun. It also had some unusual shaped stocks, unlike any other factory ones I have seen.

 

[EEResQ]

It would have made too much sense to use the Model 13.

After thinking about why the F.B.I. chose the 5" S&W Model 27 over the 3" Model 13 (last F.B.I. issued revolver), I searched for a reason. What I found is in an almost 14 year old S&W Forum thread (link copied below)...

The 5" S&W Model 27 was chosen for this FBI commemorative edition as it celebrates the "50th Anniversary of the FBI Being Granted Permission To Carry Firearms." As such, the 5" Model 27 is more historically accurate.

Thread 'Model 27-3 FBI 50th Anniversary Commemorative comes home with me.'

Aug 4, 2011

I have to share my new acquisition with all of you. Yesterday I brought home a Model 27-3 Blue 5" barrel. This is an FBI commemorative edition for the 50th anniversary of the FBI being granted pemission to carry guns. I got it from a friend of mine who is a retired agent. They were manufactured in 1983, and went on sale to the Bureau agents in 1984. They even come with their own serial number sequence. This one is FBIxxxx. It is in the original wooden display box with tools and paperwork. It also comes with a provenance explaining the purpose of the commemorative edition. The gun is in the...

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[FishKepr]

Final prices on those auctions:
US Navy Special Operations M15: $8,913
US Navy SEALS, USS Enterprise M39: $20,026.
US Air Force M15: $2,205

 

[EEResQ]

FYI: Currently posted on Armslist. (Link below.)
Issued / retired Kentucky State Police (KSP) / Walther PPK/S .380 Auto backup gun.

Not mine. However, this one is 77 units lower than mine.
(KSP logo and inventory number visible in second image.)




https://www.armslist.com/posts/1536...Value="State+Police"&isFromMainPage=True&hs=1

 

[EEResQ]

This S&W just sold on Gunbroker. 1980 S&W 65-2 marked THP-R 2471. Seller was in Limestone, TN. Sold tonight for $850 +fees and state tax. Seller did not come out and say it was a TN Highway Patrol piece. But, who knows?

 

[Brush2000]

This one was supposed to go to NYSP but NY canceled.

And a Austin PD Heavy Duty that belonged to my old gun show partner. RIP. Refirbed under contract by S&W.

Hello, what model is pictured with the blue box pretty new to smiths looks beautiful

 

[EEResQ]

Hello, what model is pictured with the blue box pretty new to smiths looks beautiful

Over the last sixty years, Smith & Wesson has used at least four styles of blue boxes.
However, if it's the one ordered by NYSP but was cancelled by NY, that's a S&W 520.

 

[janman]

This was cherry picked from a batch of 3” Model 65’s and 649’s that were surplused in about 1988.

 

[viceunit]

Cleveland OH Police M&P. According to the Range inventory card it was issued to an officer in 1946 and was his duty weapon up to his retirement. I know the stocks are incorrect.

 

[spin132]

Here's another non-marked one delivered to Lansing Public Safety Division. 64-1 chambered in .357.