show us your service revolver

[Lex_Ordo]

I was one of the 'NEW' jacks that was issued the 9mm.
However, I was the the first of the last Two classess, in 1997, to be trained on the 5 shot Off-duty. The S&W or the Ruger.

I chose the S&W 640 Centenial .38 and had one with no dash. I carried it, until I dropped it down a flight of concrete stairs which ruined the gun. I was so mad, because the gun wasn't made anymore. Not like that!

Then I found out that a local dealer, who also is a distributor, had the entire cache from the factory, and was sitting on them, still New in the Box.

I went to see him, and ended up with two! Brand new 640-2, .38s built on the new magnum J/E frame, and couldn't be happier. They were made in 1997, when I was in the PA.

Not my pic, but a great one of the revolver.

 

[SG-688]

I carried this 19-3 for a week in 1973 - on the day shift - just so I could say that I had carried a revolver. [Otherwise carried 39/59 and 1911 .45's.] Pattern loading was popular then. First 2 rounds were 110 gr. Super Vel; next 4 were W-W 158 LSW.

 

[sriker]

Great pictures !...can anyone tell how to post?

 

[153]

This went on patrol over 30 years ago....

 

[Steve02C5]

As a sidenote, how many of you had to fire your weapon while on duty?

 

[Scary Gary]

Came close a couple of times.

 

[Bat Guano]

roaddog28--The guns in question were a Service Six and a Security Six. The barrels didn't crack out or anything, just eroded until the spitting got to me. I had a Ruger armorer's ticket, and between that discount and shipping through USPS the cost to get the guns overhauled was minimal. As a matter of fact they replaced the barrel and refinished one of them for free.

They're still a favorite of mine. The S&Ws are more refined, but those old "Sixes" are real workhorses.

The issue guns today are pretty soul-less IMHO. Sort of like giving samurai polymer and aluminum swords and telling them "they're just as good".

 

[jimmyj]

Hi:
This "Old Antique" has been with me for many, many years. She started Patrol as a Model 28-2 .357 and after 10 years was converted to .45acp.
She has accompanied me down many a dark alley, empty buildings, and long, lonely highways. She is still good and dependable. Three years ago I installed a new mainspring and mainspring tension screw.
Even when I had to qualify with a "Bottom Feeder" I also qualified with "Her".
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv131/jimmylofton/SW45Revolver.jpg

 

[jscott]

Reference Steve 02C5 wanting to know how many have fired their weapon on duty, it will be interesting to see the number and nature of responses that he receives. Personally speaking, not many folks who have had to drop the hammer on someone feel obliged to talk about it.

 

[bulletproof-791]

steve02c5............feb 12 2000 i was shot in the chest at point blank range with a .22 revolver....(second chance saves # 791) yes i had body armor on....B.C.I did a power burn test on my coat the shooter was "18 away..

 

[153]

For pwhphd:

The revolver pictured is a 66-1, When I got the revolver I traded rear sights with a friend who had a 67 with the unfinished stainless rear sight assembly. I added a white outline blade. The stocks are Hogue nylon from early 1979 when the Hogue's first hit the market.

The holster is a Bucheimer-Clark "Deputy".

 

[Duffy]

No pics, but when I went on the Wash.,D.C. PD in 1960 I was issued a Colt commando revolver .38 special. Goverment surplus given to the Dept. after WW2..Had that revolver until I retired in 1982..As you all know it was a version of the official police. The dept. went to the Glock 17 in the early 80s.......

 

[MajorD]

love these old classic used guns- keep the pics coming! the only time I was ever issued a revolver was during my brief stint in the A.F. when we qualified with smith model 15's- only time I ever saw the gun was during that one qual in a three year time frame-was not in a position that would typically require being armed. My Army time saw me shouldering various m16's or a Beretta 92.

 

[pwhphd]

For 9303 - Absolutely classic Smith & Wesson, beautiful!

 

[def4pos8]

It's nice of -791 to have started this thread. My bits follow.

I carried the Model 15 while on missile combat crew during The Bad Old Days, serving with the 740SMS/91SMW at Minot from '79 through '83 and a few command posts in Europe and CONUS after that. I recently obtained a Model 15-2 which is appropriate for the period that the USAF M-15s were produced.

My current service revolver is a Model 21 Thunder Ranch Special with modified front sight and some nice grips from Hogue. My company permits us to carry anything within reason so I settled on the .44. I'm proud to say that the blue is long-gone from the cylinder face and the muzzle has the slightest hint of finish wear.

The contracts to which I'm assigned are low to moderate tension, so I haven't felt the need for a belt-fed weapon.

I also have a couple of pet Model 66s if I feel the need to go "light". The 66-6 is especially useful in dim conditions with the tritium sights I've installed.

 

[RABULL]

Duty Revolvers

I used a number of revolvers from 1976 until 1982 (I went to a Colt Gold Cup 1911 .45 ACP in 1982); however, I only have photos of 2 of them.
I used a S & W Model 25-2 .45 ACP 6 1/2" revolver as a duty handgun from 1976 to 1980 at a City PD. I used a S & W Model 60 2" and a S & W Model 66 .357 magnum as a BUG or Off Duty Handgun.

In 1980, I went to work for a Sheriff's Department that would only let us carry .357 magnum revolvers. I had Bill Davis make me up a custom S & W Model 19 with a Python 6" Barrel installed (Smolt or Smython) which I carried for the 2 years I stayed with the Sheriff's Department. I used the same S & W Model 60 2" and a S & W Model 66 2 1/2" as a BUG and Off Duty Handguns. Here are the photos of the Smolt .357 and the Model 25-2 .45 ACP. I carried both duty handguns in Hoyt breakfront holsters.

Revolvers have never really left me. I continue to have the S & W Model 60 2" and a S & W Model 642 2" that continue to be carried from time to time as BUG or Off Duty handguns.....

 

[Retired in 2001]

Man thats one bad ass Model 19 might fine

 

[4864]

Dad's Old Wheel Gun.

Not mine but my Father's Model 66-2 he carried for many years as a Deputy Sheriff.

 

[pigbike]

I carried in this order thru my 30 so years as a LEO, Model 10HB, Model 19 Nickle, Model 66. We then went to semi autos and I carried a Sig 226, and a Ruger P90.

Have numberous O.D. guns, such as a Colt Det. Spec., S&W Model 37, Sig 239.

Sold some of them. Still have the Model 37 and Sig 239, as well as Sig 226, and Ruger P90.

Son who is a LEO also, has my 226 and I think carries it as a O.D., as he carries a FN FNP .45 on duty.

Sorry no photos

 

[Mattkcc]

I carried model 15's a 66 and something in an L frame till we went GLOCK. The Glock didn't have the romance or beauty of a good old wheel gun but boy it made you feel more comfortable in the hood,two mags for the gun fight and a third to get you the hell out of Dodge. I never had a ftf with the Glock can't say the same for a model 15 I carried in the Air Force years ago.