Please tell me if you know the answer. What was the issue sidearm for the Orange County, California Sheriff's Department during the middle 1970's?
I know it was a wheel gun, but which one?
The question comes out of a conversation I had with a chap the other day whose Mother was with the Orange County Sheriff's Department in the mid-1970s. According to the fellow I was talking to his Mother carried a personally-owned sidearm that had all the other Deputies envious. That led me to wonder what the standard issue was. I figured she had something in a Smith and Wesson 19/66 while everyone else was packing around the Model 15. But that was only a guess. I thought I'd casually ask here to see if anyone had some knowledge.
I know it was a wheel gun, but which one?
The question comes out of a conversation I had with a chap the other day whose Mother was with the Orange County Sheriff's Department in the mid-1970s. According to the fellow I was talking to his Mother carried a personally-owned sidearm that had all the other Deputies envious. That led me to wonder what the standard issue was. I figured she had something in a Smith and Wesson 19/66 while everyone else was packing around the Model 15. But that was only a guess. I thought I'd casually ask here to see if anyone had some knowledge.
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