Model 13-2 FBI

[gkitch]

What about famous guns from famous FBI agents? I know George Zeiss's 357 magnum is on the wall of the Globe & Laurel Reseraunt, and 104 year old Walter Walsh still has his registered magnum. Rumor has it that Hoover was presented with several special firearms that have mysteriously never resurfaced since his death.

 

[up196]

3" Model 65 P&R

Originally posted by RKmesa:
Eliza:

Very nice photos of some great guns...

I have really always wanted a pinned and recessed 3" barreled M65 to actually carry and use but the only ones I have even heard of were issued to the Massachusetts State Police...and I have never actually seen one of them. Sadly, I am a "P&R snob," so the multitude of later 3" barreled M65s will just not do!

N_itis:

Do you mean a 3" P&R 65 like this 65-2? It has a set of custom smoothed and rounded Ahrends FG's on it and one of the smoothest triggers on any Smith that I own - it is the perfect carry smith (at least for me). BTW - it is the only 3" P&R 65 that I have seen in person...

I also have a recessed, but not pinned 3" 13-2. I sure like these guns...

Beautiful gun, RKmesa. Exactly what I was talking about.

Thanks for sharing and disspelling my "defensive delusion" that there were no commercially available pinned and recessed 3" barrelled M65s. Deep down I knew better. Know I cannot rest until I find My Grail.

I have a 3" Model 65-2 that is pinned and recessed also. I bought it new in October of 1981 and still carry it occasionally. It's a very versatile revolver. Ironically, after I bought it, I sold the 3" Model 13-2 that I had, which was also pinned and recessed.

 

[cz93x62]

I was loaned an FBI-issue Model 13 x 3" for a short time to test the platform for my agency--this was during the mid-1980s. My impression then and now is that the K-frame 357 Magnum with 3" barrel is a VERY FINE "soft-clothes" carry gun. If I located a M-13 or M-65 x 3" for sale at reasonable cost, I would pounce like a cat on it. For now, a M-19 x 2.5" takes its place nicely.

 

[gkitch]

This thread got me looking at my pinned and recessed 13-2 I bought used with Pachs on it. Could this be another FBI gun? I gave it some thought while examining the wheelgun closely. I came to the conclusion that there will be no need to get a letter on this one. It has been carried a bit and shows some blue wear, but does not show the evidence of having been run through the FBI's extensive Academy training. I would assume just one agent packing this gun through the academy alone would show wear from a few thousand rounds at least? Unless it was swapped out with an existing agent when the FBI adopted the 13 it would certainly be well shot-in.

 

[hickok45]

That is so cool. I'd love to find one of those that was used by the FBI. I love a 3" K-Frame heavy barrel, and having one with this history is additionally cool.

 

[nipster]

I bought one recently, it's a 3" 13-2, serial 8D72xx. P&R with the proper RB magnas. I may letter it to see if it's a FBI gun, but I am guessing it's not considering the condition it is in.

I know of a place locally I can buy a 3" 13-3, it's not in as-good of a condition as the 13-2 I bought, I would say 85%

 

[rustednbustedchuck]

Does anybody have an idea how many 13-2 3" revolvers were sold to "Uncle Sugar"? I have one, with the pachs, that bounces around those numbers. but don't really have the dough to gamble on a $100 letter if its a long shot. Thanks from the slavery state.