AManWearingAHat
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Judging by the mix of enthusiasts, current and former law enforcement, and all of us being revolver enthusiasts, I figured this would be a nice place to share this. I doubt most people have never seen or heard of this pin. My dad gave this to me for Christmas a few years ago and I have kept it near my on my desk ever since. I will occasionally wear it for important events in my life for good luck.
So this "Treasury Expert" pin was earned by my dad during his law enforcement career. I believe he was with the IRS Inspector Generals Office at the time but I will have to ask. I asked him what it took to earn the pin, as I wanted to try the course of fire myself to see if I could "earn it"
"To earn this pin, you had to be the top overall shooter across five courses of fire. A bullseye standard qualification course, a combat course, a low light / no light combat course, a night fire course, and finally a Hogan's Alley combat judgement course. So one agent out of the group would win the pin."
Unfortunately I have no means to replicate this and try it myself.
I recently spoke with my dad about it at a bit greater length and got a nice anecdote out of it about how he earned his pin. I'm paraphrasing, but typing from my dad's perspective.
"I actually didn't 'win' the pin as I described it. I ended up losing to the top shooter by 1 point. What happened was, on one of the last stages which involved drawing from a holster and firing... there were a couple guys in the same course who didn't like me. Well at some point they slipped a shell casing or two into my holster. When it came time, it interfered with my draw and I dropped a point as a result. So I ended up losing to the top shooter by a point overall. Well, what I didn't know at the time, the guy who won caught wind of what had happened and approached the higher ups running the course (class). As I went back to the parking lot, I had my folder with my scores and everything in it. I opened it up and my treasury expert pin fell out. I shot the whole course with a Model 10."
So interesting little artifact with a nice personal story to it. I mentioned to my dad I was making a post about this so if y'all have any questions for him or similar memories / experiences feel free to post them here and I'll make sure he sees them.
So this "Treasury Expert" pin was earned by my dad during his law enforcement career. I believe he was with the IRS Inspector Generals Office at the time but I will have to ask. I asked him what it took to earn the pin, as I wanted to try the course of fire myself to see if I could "earn it"
"To earn this pin, you had to be the top overall shooter across five courses of fire. A bullseye standard qualification course, a combat course, a low light / no light combat course, a night fire course, and finally a Hogan's Alley combat judgement course. So one agent out of the group would win the pin."
Unfortunately I have no means to replicate this and try it myself.
I recently spoke with my dad about it at a bit greater length and got a nice anecdote out of it about how he earned his pin. I'm paraphrasing, but typing from my dad's perspective.
"I actually didn't 'win' the pin as I described it. I ended up losing to the top shooter by 1 point. What happened was, on one of the last stages which involved drawing from a holster and firing... there were a couple guys in the same course who didn't like me. Well at some point they slipped a shell casing or two into my holster. When it came time, it interfered with my draw and I dropped a point as a result. So I ended up losing to the top shooter by a point overall. Well, what I didn't know at the time, the guy who won caught wind of what had happened and approached the higher ups running the course (class). As I went back to the parking lot, I had my folder with my scores and everything in it. I opened it up and my treasury expert pin fell out. I shot the whole course with a Model 10."
So interesting little artifact with a nice personal story to it. I mentioned to my dad I was making a post about this so if y'all have any questions for him or similar memories / experiences feel free to post them here and I'll make sure he sees them.
