What, if any, types of long guns did you older/retired LE's carry in the car with you? In my time{late 60's early 70's} I carried a 30/30 Marlin, M1 Carbine, a 1907 .351 and a take down Win. Model 97 at different times. Also briefly a Remington Model141 in 35 Rem. Most of the men on my shift carried some type of personally owned long gun, with the M1 carbine the most common. The shift Lt. carried a Chief's Spec. on his belt but on any type of serious call, usually had an M2 carbine with a 30 shot mag. in it.
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LoboGunLeather
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I carried a M1 Carbine quite a bit. Still have it, Inland 1943 production. Not the most powerful cartridge around, but fully capable of 30 aimed shots on the silhouette target at 200 yards (before becoming a grandfather ruined my eyesight).
safearm
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Patrol supervisors carried .351 autoloaders, every patrol car carried Remington 870 with 00 buck and slugs, armory had two .45ACP Thompsons (one civilian model, one military) for "special" circumstances (never used during my time). Later, the department sold the .351s and Thompsons and bought M-16s for every car, plus the shotguns.
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We were issued 870s, which almost no one took on their patrol boats. The range was too short to be useful and they rusted with all the salt water around. I carried an early AR-15 carbine, my partner an M-2 carbine.
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M1 Garand, Remington 1100
I remember in the early 1980s the Oklahoma Highway Patrol had Mini-14s with factory folding stocks carried upside down in metal brackets screwed to the drivers door. At the time there was news that they were one, of very few State Police agencies that had standard issue rifles in every car.
Stinger4me
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In Detroit, circa late 60's, 12 ga. shotguns were carried in electric lock-in carriers. Some cars had grenade guns and maybe a Mod. 94 rifle.
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Seven Different Departments Issue:
Winchester Model 97 12ga.
Winchester Model 12 12ga.
Ithaca Model 37 12ga.
Remington Model 11 12ga.
Mossberg Model 590 12ga.
German MP-38 9mm SMG
M-1 Carbine
M-2 Carbine
1903A Remington
U.S. M3A1 .45cal SMG
Remington Model 760 .30/06
Marlin Model 336 30/30
Personal:
Ruger Folding Stock Mini-14 .223
Remington Model 721 .30/06 w/Scope
Remington Model 870 12ga w/Magazine Extension
Last Agency:
Each Patrol Car- Mossberg Model 590-1 12 gauge Shotguns with speed feed stock, magazine extension, and rifle sights. Ammo #4 Buckshot and Slugs.
Colt M-16 .223 Selective Fire Rifle.
In armory were Springfield M-14 7.62 Selective Fire Rifles, MP-5 .40 SMGs, and Savage BA .308 Rifles with Scopes.
Jimmy (LEO-45yrs)
Seven Different Departments Issue:
Winchester Model 97 12ga.
Winchester Model 12 12ga.
Ithaca Model 37 12ga.
Remington Model 11 12ga.
Mossberg Model 590 12ga.
German MP-38 9mm SMG
M-1 Carbine
M-2 Carbine
1903A Remington
U.S. M3A1 .45cal SMG
Remington Model 760 .30/06
Marlin Model 336 30/30
Personal:
Ruger Folding Stock Mini-14 .223
Remington Model 721 .30/06 w/Scope
Remington Model 870 12ga w/Magazine Extension
Last Agency:
Each Patrol Car- Mossberg Model 590-1 12 gauge Shotguns with speed feed stock, magazine extension, and rifle sights. Ammo #4 Buckshot and Slugs.
Colt M-16 .223 Selective Fire Rifle.
In armory were Springfield M-14 7.62 Selective Fire Rifles, MP-5 .40 SMGs, and Savage BA .308 Rifles with Scopes.
Jimmy (LEO-45yrs)
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In my first agency, Winchester 94 .30-30 Rifles were issued to sergeants. I was issued a Winchester Model 12 shotgun in the Academy.
By the time I retired as a sergeant, I was issued a Colt AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine (LE6721) and a Remington Police Magnum.
In my "retirement job", I carry my personally-owned S&W M&P 15A rifle with Aimpoint M4s + 3X Magnifier, Surefire Scout Light, and other Magpul and Larue Tactical accessories. This is light-years ahead of what we used to carry!
By the time I retired as a sergeant, I was issued a Colt AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine (LE6721) and a Remington Police Magnum.
In my "retirement job", I carry my personally-owned S&W M&P 15A rifle with Aimpoint M4s + 3X Magnifier, Surefire Scout Light, and other Magpul and Larue Tactical accessories. This is light-years ahead of what we used to carry!
First rifle I carried on patrol back in the early 80's was my personal ruger Mini 14 with folding stock.
Transfered to local PD and still carried the Mini on occasion, most thought I was gung ho.
We now carry Rock River M4's but have to have completed a patrol rifle school in order to carry it.
Used to qualify with my Bushmaster AR but no longer allow to until I go the patrol rifle school.
Transfered to local PD and still carried the Mini on occasion, most thought I was gung ho.
We now carry Rock River M4's but have to have completed a patrol rifle school in order to carry it.
Used to qualify with my Bushmaster AR but no longer allow to until I go the patrol rifle school.
Photog
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When my dad was a federal agent I used to go to his office and look at all the firearms they had. The only two long guns I remember were a Winchester 97 Trench Gun in the Denver office in the early 60's and then in the Cleveland office an M1A1 Thompson around 1970 or so.
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When the Pa State Police went to the AR-15 all they had left in the patrol rack for rifles were Winchester 670's in 30-06, some with scopes some without. Department personell could buy one after the switchover, I bought one and they even left the PSP property stickers on it.
Well, le's see:
Remington 870s changed to semiautos
M-1 Carbines used to abound, now verboten
there was a whole rack of M-14s in the Armory that never saw the light of day.
One guy had a bring-home honest-to-god AK-47 selectfire
ARs in sergeants' cars
not really a big long gun department.
Used to be a couple 1903's, since replaced by Remington Police in .308
Remington 870s changed to semiautos
M-1 Carbines used to abound, now verboten
there was a whole rack of M-14s in the Armory that never saw the light of day.
One guy had a bring-home honest-to-god AK-47 selectfire
ARs in sergeants' cars
not really a big long gun department.
Used to be a couple 1903's, since replaced by Remington Police in .308
MaximumLawman
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One guy usually carried the M-1 Carbine and the other an 870. We didn't have locks in the car, so the long guns were usually carried on the floor next to the seats.
I carried my own folding stock AK with a 30 round mag. I had nicer guns but not to carry on the floor of the car during the winter.
The "gun cars", before the SWAT days, had boxes in the trunk of the car with gas guns, old fashioned vests, Winchester 94's and some type of sniper rifle in 30-06 I think.
I carried my own folding stock AK with a 30 round mag. I had nicer guns but not to carry on the floor of the car during the winter.
The "gun cars", before the SWAT days, had boxes in the trunk of the car with gas guns, old fashioned vests, Winchester 94's and some type of sniper rifle in 30-06 I think.
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remington and mossburg 12ga.shotguns....locked in the trunk as they "looked offensive" to the public
I had to do a bid for security upgrades to the armory of a West Tennessee Sheriffs Department about 15-18 years ago. They had in their rifle racks a few 1903's, a scoped 03A4, Thompsons, M1/2 Carbs, a BAR/Colt Monitor, and AR15/M16's. I coudn't get close enough to them to tell if any were civilian versions, select fire or tri-burst. The Thompsons were just about guaranteed to be select fire as both were SBR versions. I don't know what they were carrying in the cars, this is just what they had in armory storage.
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