"ROSCOE" ?

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Don't forget "Roscoe" Rules from Joe Wambaugh's great book The Choirboys. He earned his nickname when he called his gat his roscoe.

This is my Roscoe,
This is my gat.
This is for *******;
How about that?

 

[ladder13]

Some call it Johnson.

 

[Calaveras Slim]

Your all wrong, sad to say. Your talking about my uncle, Roscoe P. Coltrane, used to sherf of Hazzard County..

 

[labworm]

Some call it Johnson.

Did you just say Johnson?

 

[williamlayton]

I gave it that name in 1903 when with the Border Texas Rangers. It stuck with the boys and it has been that ever since.
That is a true story, BTW.
Blessings

 

[chaparrito]

Pretty well settles it for me.

 

[Wyatt p. Tato]

Anybody notice Roscoe "fatty" Arbuckle, Curly Howard, and Oliver Hardy, all though of as fat, don't hold a candle to the people at the local Walmart.

America is doomed.

 

[rwsmith]

Fit and fat....

Anybody notice Roscoe "fatty" Arbuckle, Curly Howard, and Oliver Hardy, all though of as fat, don't hold a candle to the people at the local Walmart.

America is doomed.

Fit and fat is better than bloated and fat. People from that time did a lot more walking and other physical activities than we do now.

 

[e3mrk]

 

[foggood11]

The Roscoe Bandit

Last summer, we had a "Roscoe Bandit" robbing banks in and around the Seattle area. He was so named because his gun of choice happened to be a long-barreled revolver. Link to FBI news: FBI ? The Roscoe Bandit Robs Two More Banks, Spread Widely Across Washington State

The long arm of the law eventually caught up with him, thankfully. Best pics I could find are below - sorry for poor quality. Never did hear anything definitive about make and model number of the gun. Any of you experts care to guess?