Majic
The weight was made equal for the 3 gun set of bulleye shooting, not for LEO practice.
Majic
Hello Majic
Great to hear from you, hows the Virginia heat treating you? Moving on here
I Guess that would depend on what LEO's we speak of, Geographic location, and time frame. My Father was an LEO in the Late 50's To Mid 60's and his department did there Practice with Model 14's and 15's On Bulls eye style target's both rapid and slow fire. That is where I got that from, as he explained the weight issue, and recoil in the Masterpiece series. He also told me his department did not use the B-27 style man figure targets, as the Range master was looking for more accuracy in his duty officers,and detectives rather than shooter's that could leave them in a mass style target, they were pushed a little more to be tight grouping shooters.This was also a time when there was alot of Organized crime issues, Armed robberys, and racial wars were common in the area he worked, and they had some sidearms that were not all that Popular with other agencies.One weapon that sticks in my mind as I remember the Range demonstration was a short barreled Double barrel shotgun. It was a 20 Gague and the barrels were Very short. It was Made by the Ithaca Gun Company, and it had "Auto Burglar" inscribed in the sideplate's instead of their Popular Bird dog and grouse-Pheasent scene that other double barrels had. It also had a custom Ithaca made Black leather holster that either could be belt worn or squad car mounted. It had sling swivels in the forend and stock with a webbed sling that was black as well. I was 7 Years old when they shot it at the Police range into a cardboard backed piece with 000 Buck shot at 12 paces. VERY IMPRESSIVE weapon, and worth a small fortune today. I have no idea what became of it, but it was kept in the department property room, that my Father ran and I remember seeing it often there and one had to sign it out to use it or carry with them on duty. I remember that all the squad cars were equipped with Ithaca Model 37 pump shot guns as well, and they sat in the Middle of the front seat mounted with a quick detach bracket on the dash. A Few Years back my Father gave me his off Duty wallet police Badge,His original Hand gun Carry Permit from the 50's and a pocket flap pin he was awarded for shooting a high score that reads "Revolver Expert" and it has a Ten-Ring Bullseye in the center of it.while he on the force he carried a Nickel model 15 daily as it Had a 4" barrel, but he also had and practiced with a Model 14 that had a 6" Barrel and the Baughman quick draw front sight.He purchased a model 10 with a rare 5" barrel as well but Sadly he sold off these revolver's in the Mid 70's and I would Pay a premium to own any of them if I could ever find them.Having his original Pistol permit I have all the serial numb er's in the event, I ever see one again. Funny part is in a recent visit to his place, I carried along the Dayton Revolver shown above. he quickly made the mistake of calling it a model 15, as he saw the 4" barrel and Baughman sights just like a 15 has.He then said it has a Bull barrel and he had not seen a model 15 with a Bull Barrel, so I told him it was a special order Dayton revolver from the mid 60's. He did fire it and can still get them in the Ten ring at 75 Years old, and I Noticed his face light up while doing so as I am sure it brought back old memories of day's gone by, when he was a Policeman and Practiced on the Range every Saturday Morning with his comrades. When we finished he said it was Too Bad they did not make Many Dayton revolver's as he would have carried it when he was a policeman and enjoyed the balance and accuracy of the 4" Bull Barrel. He went on to say he had not fired a bull barrel revolver but always figured they would be nose Heavy because they looked that way and we enjoyed the shooting all afternoon. Regards, Hammerdown
