any PD's or cops still using revolvers?

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NYPD still carry model 10's and 64's if they were originally trained with them and never switched to semi's. When I left in 04 there were about 4000 of us still with wheel guns. My brother-in-law still there says there about 2000 w/revolvers according to dep't memos.
Left mine in my locker when I retired and never went back for it. At the time local gun shops were only paying $25 for them. Was'nt even woth my time or gas to sell for that.
 
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Uh? Thought Leon was Belgian...

Mike

He is, but I had a good dozen girls tell me my Nagant was "Cute" thus the tag line...
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Makes more sense now, Dr. Maybe I should get one too, I can think of some new pick up lines :)

Your story reminds me a scene I once saw in a gun store. A yappi couple picks up a gun for her. They are going from full size 1911 to Sig 232 and then back to Glock 22... Clerck politely suggests 642 Lady Smith and hands one over. She picks it up, points at the clerck, pulls the trigger a few times and says "It's cute!" Clerck - "Uh, M-a-a-m... We don't say 'cute' about guns, M-a-a-m...' I was cracking.

Mike
 
In 2013, the fat lady will start singing

NYPD started switching over to 9mm pistols in 1993, and any member of the service that was qualified on a revolver was grandfathered in.

So, with that said, and based on an average 20 year career, NYPD carrying revolvers should be a thing of the past by 2013.

Perhaps in the near future, when law enforcement officers are transitioning over to "ray guns", a rookie officer will think: " Boy, how did those oldtimers deal with a tool that actually explodes in your hand to spit out a piece of lead?"
 
State agency I work for in NY transitioned to Glocks some years ago, but we were given the option to keep revolvers if we so desired. Once you trained on the Glocks though there was no going back. On or off duty, Glock only. All new recruits get Glock only.

At the time you couldn't give a revolver away, nobody wanted them. You were lucky to get $25 for them.
 
Buddy of mine is a HPD officer. He said something similar to what the NYC policemen have said - if you are an older officer, grandfathered in, you can carry one. And, he said, that number is pretty thin among the ranks, especially the uniformed street cops. A few more detectives/plain clothes guys carry snubbies, but not many. But he added with a smile, some of them are just plain slick when it comes to range qual time. Not quite Jerry M. fast, but pretty slick...

I did jury duty last year and the bailiff that escorted us (a Harris Co. Sherriff's deputy) was armed with a very well worn stainless Ruger Security Six - grips were almost worn smooth. I can remember two speedloader pouches on his belt. If it were me doing bailiff duty, I think I would carry an extra speedstrip or two in the pants pocket based on some of the stories you hear...

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Left mine in my locker when I retired and never went back for it. At the time local gun shops were only paying $25 for them. Was'nt even woth my time or gas to sell for that
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I want your locker after you leave.
 
Revolvers are pretty standard in corrections mostly because there not issued to individual officers just checked out daily.
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Where my relative works they still use blued Model 10 Smiths with 4 inch barrels and rubber grips.

The problem is they only go to the range a few times a year. :what:
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They aren't even required perform drills with the 870 :what:

The worst part is there are no longer height and weight limits for officers! You could have a riot starting in a cell block and the only officers around might all be pregnant women. Luckily, that hasn't happened, yet.
 
Ocean City, MD - I think just the "seasonal" officers carry revolvers. I saw quite a few carrying revolvers this past summer.
 
I know a rural sheriff who wanted to issue revolvers, but the deal Glock was offering just made too much economic sense to ignore. He carries a 4" 686 though.
 
Steak-Knife, thats more like atleast 2018....the last class for off duty revolvers was the second 1997 class....38s will be around for a long time!!!

steak-knife: NYPD started switching over to 9mm pistols in 1993, and any member of the service that was qualified on a revolver was grandfathered in.

So, with that said, and based on an average 20 year career, NYPD carrying revolvers should be a thing of the past by 2013.
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All I can say is if they know how to use revolvers in general, I hope they're using revolvers on the job.

If they shoot better with the autos, stick with that. I just hope they start teaching their recruits how to shoot in GENERAL again. The new qualifying distances and the Pass or Fail scorecards are producing lousy shooters.

The only police officer I have personally met that could really run his weapon at the range was over 40 years old.

He used a 6" 686.
 
My Brother-in-Law is a Chicago detective. His partner wears a 642, OWB, with a retention strap. I recently attended a relatives birthday party at their house and his partner was there open carrying. I asked it if was a bug but he said no, it was his primary. I asked my brother-in-law about it and he said it was because he was a detective and usually arrives at the scene of a crime after the fact. My brother-in-law chooses to carry a pistol.

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I was acquainted with a private policeman who, during his job, he carried a 6" Colt Anaconda, loaded not with .44 Special, but with 240 grs .44 Magnum! :what: ... Maybe, thinking about, this is not so strange, 'cause this same person used a 4 3/4" .454 for home difence :D
 
When I retired from LEO we were allowed to purchase our "Revolver" (carried them back in that day and age) I paid $39.00 for a S&W 4" model 15-3...

I was issued a 6" Colt in the 60's and turned it in for the 4" in the 70's, they were denutted (fixed) and could only be shot double action...

I consider them not as safe as the new weapons on the block, the Glock works like a revolver, but has a much better trigger pull;) Or more dangerous one, depends on your own take.

I agree with the CHP in CA as far as safety and what officers should carry. CA seems to think the disconnect on the Magazine is very important no more new models are allowed into the state without it...

Hmmm wonder what Glock and others will do about that? It is interesting that the revolver has no such safety :confused:

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South of the Border

I've seen an awful lot of them south of the border. Seems like having the latest in firearms technology isn't a big priority. Not picking on anybody - in this country we tend to try to fix everything with technology as a first response. It wasn't that long ago Brazil sold back thousands of S&W M1917s.

Anyhow, US-made top quality revolvers have always been popular from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. It used to be a "happy hunting ground" for collectors of old Colts and such until the laws tightened up some years ago.
 
I was stationed in Gulfport MS for 5 years and I used to shoot at their pistol range weekly. I noticed that a lot of the officers carried wheelguns still. I asked my buddy (range officer for GPD) and he said that you are issued a Glock model 21 in 45 ACP. If you didn't like it or were uncomfortable with it you could opt for a personally owned weapon for duty. You had to qualify though. I saw a good bit of Rugers, Berettas and a bunch of wheel guns.
 
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