I'm old enough to remember when almost every LEO had a blue steel revolver on his belt.
There were Colts and there were Smiths--no Rugers yet.
Police officers in our area usually purchased their guns in local shops. Many preferred Goodmans for Guns in downtown St. Louis.
Officers who carried Colts could recommend favorite pistol-smiths. It was well known that Colt revolvers would go out of time, and that fixing them on a regular basis was standard practice.
I would go out to my favorite store after supper and join in the palaver with others doing the same thing along the handgun counter. Not infrequently, a man or two in blue would be among them.
Clockwise or counterclockwise? Which had the best DA pull? What is a long action Smith? Walking encyclopedias in that pre internet age.
i decided upon a four inch K-frame with adjustable sights, but there were none to be had. War production and the needs of the SAC Air Police took priority. I settled for a Smith & Wesson Model 39 from Goodmans.
Then the Ruger Security Six showed up. I liked it, but I did not need one.
Then the Colt DA product line went tango U, presumably, like my grandfather's clock, never to go again.
With the advent of internet came seemingly naive questions from folks asking about the possibility of new Pythons.
Had someone predicted in 2010 that Colt would re-enter the DA revolver market with new models that were as smooth and accurate as the old, far more durable in terms of the need for periodic servicing, and reasonably priced, I would have questioned their sanity.
And then a redesigned Detective Special came out.
In December, the new Python was announced. "We'll never see real ones." "They will be junk". It's an insult to the legend". So crowed the peanut gallery.
Well--I would have been wrong.
And glad of it.
Whodathunkit!
There were Colts and there were Smiths--no Rugers yet.
Police officers in our area usually purchased their guns in local shops. Many preferred Goodmans for Guns in downtown St. Louis.
Officers who carried Colts could recommend favorite pistol-smiths. It was well known that Colt revolvers would go out of time, and that fixing them on a regular basis was standard practice.
I would go out to my favorite store after supper and join in the palaver with others doing the same thing along the handgun counter. Not infrequently, a man or two in blue would be among them.
Clockwise or counterclockwise? Which had the best DA pull? What is a long action Smith? Walking encyclopedias in that pre internet age.
i decided upon a four inch K-frame with adjustable sights, but there were none to be had. War production and the needs of the SAC Air Police took priority. I settled for a Smith & Wesson Model 39 from Goodmans.
Then the Ruger Security Six showed up. I liked it, but I did not need one.
Then the Colt DA product line went tango U, presumably, like my grandfather's clock, never to go again.
With the advent of internet came seemingly naive questions from folks asking about the possibility of new Pythons.
Had someone predicted in 2010 that Colt would re-enter the DA revolver market with new models that were as smooth and accurate as the old, far more durable in terms of the need for periodic servicing, and reasonably priced, I would have questioned their sanity.
And then a redesigned Detective Special came out.
In December, the new Python was announced. "We'll never see real ones." "They will be junk". It's an insult to the legend". So crowed the peanut gallery.
Well--I would have been wrong.
And glad of it.
Whodathunkit!
) After a couple of weeks therapy I still couldn’t “squeeze” my thumb in, but I could straighten and push with it.
