Model 29 in Nickel

[R&S]

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?

[ray1970]

Anyone know of any agency still using revolvers today?

Maybe some third world country?

[R&S]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQkyi1_l6po

[jreifsch80]

Ill see your lone wolf mcquade scene and raise you a delta force one lolhttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b3uYrOVCgJk

[pookawa]

Saw a lightrail police officer (can't remember what they are called, but not regular police) wearing a revolver a while back.

[wctriumph]

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.

[Flatline]

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.

[cstone]

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.

[Zundfolge]

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.

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).


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).

[Flatline]

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).


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.