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Watched Lone Wolf Mc Quade (again), LEO side arms being revolvers seems out-of-place compared to today's LEOs. But in 1983 revolvers were still being used by most LEOs. I don't know of any LEOs that still use them as Service Side Arms.
Anyone know of any agency still using revolvers today?
Maybe some third world country?Quote:
Originally Posted by R&S
Ill see your lone wolf mcquade scene and raise you a delta force one lolhttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b3uYrOVCgJk
Saw a lightrail police officer (can't remember what they are called, but not regular police) wearing a revolver a while back.
I have two LE that are customers at the shop and we talk guns when time permits and both carry S&W J-Frames as back ups. One has a M&P as main carry and the other wears a Glock, both in .40.
I think several departments allow officers to keep using revolvers if they were issued to them. Certain EPSO guys can apply to use a 38 or 357 revolver if they work undercover, but IDK if they have ever been approved.
Three or four years ago I recall an older Denver PD officer in uniform out at the airport with a wheel gun. I asked her about it and she said that it was permitted but only for the old timers who had been carrying one for years.
My first issued in uniform was a Model 15 4" and when I went into plain clothes switched to a Model 19 2.5" I was not allowed to purchase either gun when we transitioned to semi-autos. I missed my wheel guns so much that I eventually purchased one of each. Still fun to shoot and without a doubt I shoot them better than my semi-autos. The accuracy difference is not so much to make up for the increased capacity and faster reloads, so I don't think I will ever carry my wheel guns again.
King county sheriff dept in Georgia is one i can think of.
http://www.armoryblog.com/wp-content...357-magnum.jpg
It would not surprise me to learn of revolvers still being used in Alaska.
CADOC. They are finally transferring over to semi's. Unfortunately it's in 40:( Fuk they're using mini's over the ar platform. Thats progress for you.
Some feds were able to carry what they wanted a BUG's, my brothers was a .357 640.
A few years back, before Sportsmans closed in Aurora I got to talking with an Aurora officer who was still carrying a 4" Python. Same rule on old timers.
The sheriff's deputy out in Kim was still carrying one last time I saw him. He is the only one I can think of around here that still carries one.
I have model 57 and 58 (.41 mags) both in Nickle. great shooting guns. A 58 would be a great duty gun for someone that can carry the weight.
What's ironic is that in El Paso County, private armed security guards are ONLY allowed to pack a .38 or .357mag revolver (if that's no longer the case then the law changed recently).Quote:
Originally Posted by cstone
I sold a 4" nickle 29-2 about a year ago ... its probably in the top 5 guns I regret selling the most (especially since I sold it and my .357mag J Frame to buy a Jeep and I really haven't warmed up to the Jeep yet).
I've seen plenty of private security here that carry semi-autos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zundfolge
I just heard that the ordnance may have been changed after the New Life shooting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flatline
My wife has a cousin in NY that's an undercover detective in a Sheriff's dept. (she may be retired now), and she told me she carries a .41 magnum, which would obviously be a revolver. No idea what make/model.
I heard the same thing from a Denver PD officer working at a bank I was working at a year or so ago. She said there were only about 6 of them authorized to carry revolvers.Quote:
Originally Posted by cstone
Hamburg, Germany SWAT?Quote:
Originally Posted by R&S
O2
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Originally Posted by O2HeN2
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Since all the other guns were HK they wanted to make sure at least ONE person on the team had a reliable weapon
Best comment ever lol