What does "pd" stand for ?

[ANGST]

What does "pd" stand for ?

340pd , 1911pd, etc... Seems like the scandium ones.


But "police department" ?.

 

[Doug M.]

More likely "Personal Defense". Maybe "Pay Dearly".

 

[fat tom]

Personal defense?
f.t.

 

[Autococker07]

"painful digits" at least for the 340/360pd.....

 

[Edmo]

Public Domain?

Edmo

 

[CWH44300]

I call my 329's "packing deluxe"

 

[kozmic]

For the masochist in all of us....Painfully Delightful

 

[sctman800]

I think it means the black finish. At least that is the finish on the frame of my 337PD. The titanium cylinder is grey. Jim.

 

[DonD]

I think it refers to how the finish is applied to the new scandium guns and perhaps any titanium parts, a vapor deposition process. Don

 

[s&wchad]

The 2001 catalog introduced the new PD series of guns as "Personal Defense".
At the time, they were all black finished alloy frame revolvers with titanium cylinders.

 

[K1500]

It stands for Personal Defense.